College basketball is kicking off the 2024 offseason with pretty stunning news.'
John Calipari – one of the only seven active college basketball coaches who have won a men's national championship – is departing his position at the University of Kentucky for a different SEC coaching job. Starting in the 2024-25 season, Calipari will be the head man at Arkansas.
The move will have wide-ranging implications in the world of college basketball odds, including BetMGM's college basketball national championship odds marketplace.'
John Calipari Coaching Career
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| Arkansas | 2024- |
| Kentucky | 2009-24 |
| Memphis | 2000-09 |
| UMass | 1988-96 |
John Calipari Leaving Kentucky Makes a Ton of Sense
On April 8, college basketball fans woke up to the news that Calipari was finalizing a deal to move from Kentucky to Arkansas. On the surface level, this may seem shocking. To the untrained eye, it may even look like a step down to move west from Lexington to Fayetteville.