Arkansas basketball coach John Calipari, who's heading into his second season with the program, offered insight at SEC media day on Monday, Oct. 14 on how much longer he plans to coach.

The 66-year-old coach has been a head coach for nearly 40 years, dating back to his first head coaching gig at UMass from 1988-96. He made a surprising move before the 2024 season by leaving Kentucky — where he won a national championship and reached six Final Fours — after 15 seasons with the program.

"I want to help 25 to 30 more families," Calipari said. "The only way you do that is to be transformational as a coach. If you're not, you're transactional. If I become transactional — 'I'm going to pay you this to do this and that' — then I won't do this anymore. I don't need to."

Calipari mentioned a

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