CLEVELAND; July 13, 2020 – University of Kentucky Head Men’s Basketball Coach John Calipari, along with Harvard Head Coach Tommy Amaker, 35 other collegiate head coaches and the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation (“McLendon Foundation... Read More
March 24, 2020 – In partnership with Kroger, the Calipari Foundation has teamed up with Fayette County Public Schools to help families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The partnership will assist families by providing food during school closures across Fayette County. Using... Read More
Over 400 furloughed federal employees in Fayette County and the Lexington area are receiving financial assistance from the Calipari Foundation, who has partnered with REACH and Kroger to support families during the government shutdown.
The news was broken by Candice, a federal prison... Read More
If you were tasked with providing a succinct job description for the position Head Coach, Men’s Basketball, University of Kentucky, your wording may read like this:
“To find and develop players. To win games. And to keep an energetic fan base…energized.”
That description... Read More
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Calipari Foundation (“TCF”) and Trifecta officially announced today their partnership in developing TCF’s website, which has been live since late 2014. In addition to launching the website on behalf of TCF, the first such... Read More
The Calipari Foundation has partnered with Man O’ War Harley-Davidson® and the Trooper Project in an effort to raise money for two great causes.
With the purchase of a $10 ticket, fans will be entered into a raffle to win the ultimate University of Kentucky basketball motorcycle signed by... Read More
John Calipari and the Calipari Foundation have joined with Global Sports Aid Network and Samaritan’s Feet for a benefit effort entitled “Comedy Mania” to be held at Rupp Arena in Lexington on Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Billed as a “night of fun for the whole family,” the event will feature... Read More
NASSAU, Bahamas — John Calipari’s hope in taking his players to do a community service activity with Samaritan’s Feet in the Bahamas was to teach them about servant leadership and provide them with a firsthand lesson in what they can do to help others in the position they’re in.
“I want... Read More
Farmers National Bank and the Calipari Family Foundation are beginning their second year of initiatives to bring financial literacy education to students across six school districts in Kentucky by providing them with access to the Vault – Understanding Money learning course.
This web-... Read More
Two days before opening the season in Brooklyn, N.Y., John Calipari and his Kentucky basketball team, in conjunction with WKYT, will host a telethon to help raise money for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Brooklyn was hit particularly hard by the storm’s path.
“This was devastating,”... Read More
John Calipari is cleaning out his office and home, and he wants the Big Blue Nation and charity to benefit from it.
Starting today, Coach Cal is going to auction off at least one piece of signed memorabilia a month online. The full proceeds from each auction will go straight to his... Read More
John Calipari has often said that he doesn’t think of himself as a basketball coach anymore, but rather a leader of young men.
On Tuesday morning in Campton, Ky., a rural town in Wolfe County, Coach Cal gave his players a different lesson in leadership while giving back to those in need... Read More
With 48 hours before the official start of Kentucky’s national title defense against Maryland, the places you would expect to find John Calipari’s Wildcats would have been resting in their beds, the practice gym or the film room.
Instead, they took a 15-‐minute drive down Winchester Road... Read More
Big Blue Nation, we need your help. Brooklyn needs your help. The East Coast needs your help. I need your help.
Last week, the Northeast was hit by Superstorm Sandy, tearing up homes, wrecking communities and destroying people’s way of life. As I sat and watched the devastation last week... Read More
Speaking last weekend at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, John Calipari wondered if the more than $1 million he, WKYT and UK Athletics raised during a 2010 telethon would have a lasting effect on those who were devastated by the earthquake in Haiti.
Calipari said the money that... Read More
