If you are a NCAA Basketball betting fan and you see John Calipari, you see a man with a $7 million salary of his own leading $100 million in future pro basketball talent on the floor, wearing a $2,000 suit. You also see a man who has made it all the way to the apex of his profession. He has had three different colleges n the Final Four, and he has won an NCAA title. His induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame is richly deserved.
Taking A Look At Coach Calipari’s Great College Hoops Odds Career
At the @UKFootball game with my boys. Let’s go, Cats!!! pic.twitter.com/dRChh6mFxS
— John Calipari (@UKCoachCalipari) September 19, 2015
John Calipari is thankful to be here, but he does not have the patina of arrogance that many have come to expect. There is still an element of his personality that believes that he must prove his worth each day, again and again. He got this chip on his shoulder growing up in a blue-collar home in a suburb of Pittsburgh. While he might look like he has everything, on the inside he is still chewing on himself about all of those people who still want to take shots at his record.
It is that series of questions that Calipari uses to motivate himself for competition, whether it’s in a recruit’s living room or in a massive arena. He is the example of a man who remains who he is no matter how much money or success he gathers. After all, his father immigrated from Italy and had worked in the coil mines before getting a job handling baggae outside at the Pittsburgh airport. His mother worked at the local junior high cafeteria. His house had two bedrooms, but he also had two sisters, so Calipari had to sleep in the hallway on a bed.
