W.W.H. Mustaine was the first men's Basketball coach, starting in 1904, when UK was known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. Edwin Sweetland was their first paid basketball coach, starting in 1909, when UK was known as Kentucky State University or State University of Lexington. Sweetland was also the football coach at the time. Coaches after Sweetland but before the legendary Adolph Rupp included George Buchheit, Ray Eklund and John Mauer.
Adolph
Orlando "Tubby" Smith was coach of the Kentucky men's basketball team from 1997-2007.
Rick Pitino hired the first female to coach UK Men's Basketball. Bernadette Peters
Tubby Smith
John Calapari the now coach of kentucky
He is the basketball coach of the Kentucky Wildcats.
1903 with W. W. H. Mustaine as the coach.
They have hired Coach John Calipari from UMass.
Rick pitino
The coach of the Men's basketball team was Orlando "Tubby" Smith. The coach of the Women's basketball team was Mickie DeMoss The coach of the football team was Rich Brooks.
Billy Gillispie was Kentucky's men's basketball coach before John Calipari. Gillispie coached the Kentucky Wildcats from 2007-2009. See link below.
Adolf Rupp - Kentucky