Rupp, whose Kentucky team regularly qualified ... “They wanted Kentucky to be the first to integrate the SEC. They said if Adolph did it, everybody would,” Beard told the Atlanta Journal ...

From Adolph Rupp’s post-retirement gig in basketball to John Calipari’s current job, just about every former Kentucky coach has seen his life after the Wildcats take a weird turn.

After a little thought, I returned the call to Shearer. “The term legend is thrown around pretty loosely these days, but Adolph Rupp was truly a legend. “Good enough?” “Perfect,” Shearer ...

He hired Adolph Rupp to coach the team in 1930 ... Kentucky Wesleyan scored 22. However, controversy ensued when, after the ...

Rupp’s “mandatory retirement” was a controversy at the time, with supporters rallying in his defense and arguing that the policy should be waived to allow him to continue as head coach.