Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim are just some of the notable college basketball head coaches who never played in the NBA.
Boeheim, the head coach at Syracuse since 1976, played for the Orange in the 1960s. He began as a walk-on for the varsity team before working his way up to becoming a captain his senior year.
Calipari began his coaching career at Kansas as a volunteer assistant in 1982 under Larry Brown. He has since been the head coach at UMass, Memphis and now Kentucky, while also having a cup of tea in the NBA. He coached the then-New Jersey Nets for three seasons in between his stints at UMass and Memphis. Self had a similar start to his coaching career as Calipari.
Izzo was first hired at Michigan State in 1983 as a part-time assistant before leaving after three seasons. Following a very brief one-month stint at Tulsa, Izzo returned to Michigan State in June of 1986 when assistant Mike Deane left. Izzo was named the head coach of the Spartans in 1995 and has been there ever since. He’s the longest-tenured coach in the Big 10.
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