Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari has a very happy family. Calipari’s wife and daughter voiced their support for the Arkansas coach, after the squad made the Sweet 16. The Razorbacks defeated St.

John Calipari’s nearest and dearest breathed a collective sigh of relief Saturday when he coached his Arkansas Razorbacks into the Sweet 16 of this year’s NCAA tournament. As time expired in the Razorbacks’ second-round March Madness victory over No.

John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks scored a major upset win over the St. John’s Red Storm on Saturday, and it was clearly a meaningful one for Calipari’s family.

In his first year as Arkansas’ head coach, John Calipari has the Razorbacks in the Sweet 16. This is the fourth program he’s led to NCAA Tournament prominence. Calipari Is Doing Just Fine Perhaps rumors of Calipari’s coaching demise were just that.

PROVIDENCE -- The relationship between Rick Pitino and John Calipari stretches back decades to their time at the famed Five-Star Basketball Camp in Moon Township, Pa.. And the two men have been linked ever since across decades of coaching in college and the NBA.

The first year of the John Calipari era got off to a rough start in conference play, but after some trial and error, the Razorbacks began to find their rhythm toward the end of the regular season. Arkansas began conference play with a 0-5 record.