NO. 25 KENTUCKY (15-4, 4-1 SEC) - University of Kentucky Athletics

BORN
June 30, 1951 (Scotland,
Md.)
EDUCATION
High Point, 1973 - B.S.
FAMILY
Wife - Donna;
Sons - G.G., Saul, Brian;
Daughter-in-law - Lori.
EXPERIENCE
Tulsa head coach, 1991-95
Georgia head coach, 1995-97
Kentucky head coach, 1997-present
HIGHLIGHTS
• 380 career wins
• 13 NCAA Tournament appearances
• 7 conference championships
• 13 20-plus-win seasons
• 8 NBA draft picks (4 first-round selections)
• 2 All-Americans
• 5-time conference coach of the year
YEAR-BY-YEAR
TULSA
1991-92 17-13
1992-93 15-14
1993-94 23-8 MVC Champions
MVC Coach of Year
NCAA Sweet 16
1994-95 24-8 MVC Champs
MVC Coach of Year
NCAA Sweet 16
4 years 79-43 (.648)
GEORGIA
1995-96 21-10 NCAA Sweet 16
1996-97 24-9 NCAA 1st round
2 years 45-19 (.703)
KENTUCKY
1997-98 35-4 SEC Champions
SEC Tournament Champions
SEC Coach of Year
NCAA Champs
1998-99 28-9 SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Elite 8
1999-00 23-10 SEC Champions
NCAA 2nd round
2000-01 24-10 SEC Champions
SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA Sweet 16
2001-02 22-10 SEC East Champions
NCAA Sweet 16
2002-03 32-4 SEC Champions
SEC Tournament Champions
SEC Coach of Year
National Coach of Year
NCAA Elite 8
2003-04 27-5 SEC East Champions
SEC Tournament Champions
NCAA 2nd round
2004-05 28-6 SEC Champions
SEC Coach of Year
NCAA Elite 8
2005-06 22-13 NCAA Tournament
2006-07 14-3
at UK 256-75 (.773) 10th year
TOTAL 380-137 (.735) 16th year
TUBBY SMITH FILE
COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
• Tubby Smith has coached the Wildcats to
one NCAA Championship, five SEC regularseason
titles and five SEC Tournament
Championships in his ninth season. In his
15th year, Smith has won seven regular-season
league titles, five in the SEC and two in the
Missouri Valley Conference.
• In the SEC Tournament, he’s an amazing
23-6 (.793), having won five out of the last
nine tournaments at Kentucky after guiding
Georgia to the final game in 1997.
• Smith has also captured seven SEC
Eastern Division crowns in nine years, giving
him more division titles than any league coach
since the conference went to divisions in
1992.
• Smith was named SEC Coach of the Year
by both the Associated Press and the SEC
coaches in 2002-03 and 2004-05. He has
earned nine National Coach of the Year
awards and captured all six that the NCAA
officially recognizes, the first coach to achieve
that since Bobby Knight (1975).
• In his first UK season, the Cats won the
NCAA title, the SEC regular-season championship,
the league tournament title and the
Eastern Division crown. He was named 1998
National Coach of the Year by Basketball
Weekly and the Black Coaches Association and
co-SEC Coach of the Year by the AP. Following
the season, he was presented with the
Winged Foot Award and the Victor Award for
his success and was named Parent of the Year
by Parent Magazine.
• Previously, he had won Missouri Valley
Conference titles and MVC Coach of the Year
honors at Tulsa in 1994 and ‘95 after posting
identical 15-3 records in league play.
• Smith has coached eight of his last 12
teams to at least the Sweet 16 in the NCAAs -
- five at UK, two at Tulsa and one at Georgia
-- and recorded the first back-to-back 20-win
seasons in UGA history.
SWEET 16 TIMES THREE
Eight coaches have taken three different
teams to the Sweet 16. The only three active
coaches to do so are Tubby Smith (Tulsa,
Georgia and Kentucky), Bill Self (Tulsa,
Illinois and Kansas) and Rick Pitino
(Providence, Kentucky and Louisville).
Coaches since retired who have taken three
teams to the Sweet 16 are Gene Bartow
(Memphis, UCLA, UAB), Eddie Hickey
(Creighton, St. Louis, Marquette), Frank
McGuire (St. John’s, North Carolina, South
Carolina), Ralph Miller (Wichita State, Iowa,
Oregon State) and Eddie Sutton (Arkansas,
Kentucky and Oklahoma State).
OVERTIME RECORD
Tubby Smith is 9-5 in overtime games at
Kentucky. Overall, he’s 17-8 in overtime
games during his 14-year coaching career (2-1
at Georgia and 6-2 at Tulsa).
TUBBY MOVING UP LIST FOR BEST START
Tubby Smith’s 380 career wins through 16 seasons
rank him fifth all-time for best start.
(Most wins in first 16 seasons as head coach)
Coach (seasons)
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1. Roy Williams (1989-2004) 437
2. Jim Boeheim (1977-92) 391
Nolan Richardson (1981-96) 391
4. Denny Crum (1972-87) 388
5. Tubby Smith (1992-2007) 380
6. Jerry Tarkanian (1969-84) 375
7. Rick Pitino (1979-97, 2002) 371
8. John Thompson (1973-88) 370
9. Billy Tubbs (1972-73, 1977-90) 363
10. Bob Huggins (1981-97) 361
TOURNEY TIME
Tubby Smith is 28-12 in NCAA Tournament
action in 15 seasons as head coach. His .700 winning
percentage ranks as the sixth-best winning percentage
among active coaches:
Coach, School
(W-L) Pct
1. Mike Krzyzewski, Duke (69-19) .784
2. Rick Pitino, Louisville (31-10) .756
3. Tom Izzo, Michigan State (23-8) .742
4. Roy Williams, North Carolina (42-16) .724
5. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut (39-16) .709
6. Tubby Smith, Kentucky (28-12) .700
7. Billy Donovan, Florida (16-7) .696
8. Gary Williams, Maryland (26-13) .667
Bruce Weber, Illinois (10-5) .667
Steve Fisher, San Diego State (10-5) .667
In addition, Smith’s 13-consecutive NCAA
Tournament appearances are the third-most
among active coaches.
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TUBBY’S TROPHIES
Since the SEC expanded to 12 teams in 1992,
Tubby Smith has won more division titles (7)
than any other coach.
In 2004-05, Tubby Smith claimed his fifth
overall SEC championship. The only coaches to
win more than four league titles are Kentucky’s
Adolph Rupp (27 titles) and Joe B. Hall (8).
Smith is tied for second with Rick Pitino and
Wimp Sanderson with five SEC Tournament
titles, trailing only Rupp’s 13.
MY THREE SONS
All three of Tubby Smith’s sons have played
basketball at an SEC school. Son G.G. played at
Georgia (1996-99), Saul played at Kentucky
(1998-2001) and youngest son Brian is currently
a junior at Ole Miss.