Adolph Rupp

Adolph Rupp

Rupp in 1954
Biographical details
Born	(1901-09-02)September 2, 1901 Halstead, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 10, 1977(1977-12-10) (aged 76) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1920–1923	Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1926–1930	Freeport HS
1930–1972	Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall	876–190 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a coach: 4 NCAA tournament (1948, 1949, 1951, 1958) 6 NCAA regional—Final Four (1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1966) NIT (1946) SoCon regular season (1932) 13 SEC tournament (1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944–1950, 1952) 27 SEC regular season (1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944–1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968–1972) As a player: 2 Helms National (1922, 1923)
Awards
5× National Coach of the Year (1950, 1954, 1959, 1966, 1970) 7× SEC Coach of the Year (1964, 1966, 1968–1972)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1969 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed the "Baron of the Bluegrass", he coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA championships, one NIT championship, 27 Southeastern Conference championships, and 13 SEC tournament championships. In his 41 years of coaching at Kentucky, he won 876 games, retiring with the most total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach at the time; he has since been surpassed by six coaches and ranks seventh. Rupp is second among all men's college coaches in all-time winning percentage (.822) and third in NCAA championships. In 1948, he coached the US Olympic Team to a gold medal in London.

Rupp was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 1969. Rupp played college basketball at Kansas under Phog Allen.