The Adolph Rupp Cup was an award given annually since 2004 to the men's college basketball head coach in

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and ...

Division I competition "who best exemplifies excellence in his dedication to the game of basketball and to his student athletes." The award is named for former

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state's ...

head coach

Adolph Rupp Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach. He is ranked seventh in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching at the Uni ...

, who compiled an overall record of 876–190 with four recognized national championships and one NIT championship. Rupp coached

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

between 1930 and 1972, and his winning percentage of 82.2% is still the NCAA record. The Rupp Cup was presented by the Commonwealth Athletic Club of Kentucky. The award's inaugural recipient was

Phil Martelli Philip Martelli Sr. (born August 31, 1954) is an American college basketball coach, who is currently the associate head coach for the Michigan Wolverines. As the former head coach of the St. Joseph's Hawks, he led Saint Joseph's to seven NCAA To ...

of Saint Joseph's University, who was also recognized as the Naismith National Coach of the Year that season. As of 2015, the final winner

John Calipari John Vincent Calipari (born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2012. He has been named Naismith College ...

was the only head coach to receive the Rupp Cup twice.

Winners

Winners by school

References

External links

* {{Adolph Rupp Cup College basketball trophies and awards in the United States Awards established in 2004