New Arkansas men’s basketball coach John Calipari continues to develop his coaching staff, as the Razorbacks coaching staff directory now shows several additions to the program, with some names coming from Kentucky.
Kevin Butty, Kevin Gallagher and James “Bruiser” Flint are listed as basketball assistants but have no roles listed beyond that.
Butty was a video coordinator at Kentucky, while Gallagher was an assistant video coordinator. Flint was an associate of Kentucky’s head coach, a role he assumed in May 2021 after serving as an assistant in the 2020-2021 season.
Additionally, Calipari said on the “Ways to Win” podcast, which is co-hosted by former Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, that former Kentucky graduate assistant Tyler Ulis — who also played for Kentucky from 2014 to 2016 — is joining your team too. He didn’t say what Ulis’ role will be at Arkansas.
Another addition to the team features Brad Calipari, John’s son. Brad served as director of on-court player development at Vanderbilt under Jerry Stackhouse last season after spending the 2022-2023 season under NBA veteran Rod Strickland on Long Island.
Flint is the longest-tenured coach on the list, beginning his college coaching career in 1988 at Coppin State.
He was with Calipari in Massachusetts and took over the Minutemen program after Calipari left for the NBA. He was the head coach at Drexel from 2002 to 2016 and spent three seasons as an assistant at Indiana before coming to Kentucky.
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