Vandy hiring Calipari’s child to Stackhouse’s staff

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJul 17, 2023, 01:52 PM ET

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will include a Calipari vs. Calipari sideline battle.Vanderbilt announced Monday it was employing Brad Calipari as the males’s basketball program’s director of on-court player advancement. Calipari, naturally, is the boy of John Calipari, head guys’s basketball coach at Kentucky.” Brad is a skilled, young coach who has worked hard to prepare himself for this chance, “Commodores coach Jerry Stackhouse said.”He is well-informed, high energy, and a strong communicator. We are really thrilled about his capability to include value with our student-athletes and within our training personnel.”Calipari spent last season as the director of player development at Long Island University

under head coach Rod Strickland, his first training stop after being a graduate assistant at Kentucky during the 2021-22 campaign.Calipari played two seasons under his daddy in Lexington, appearing in 27 games as a freshman and sophomore. He then transferred to Detroit, where he played 33 games– starting six– for Mike Davis in the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The 6-foot guard balanced a career-high 6.1 points and shot 38 %from 3-point range as a junior.Vanderbilt and Kentucky will play twice next season. Dates will be revealed later this summertime.