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.

Picked to finish eighth in the Sun Belt preseason poll, Jones had the Monarchs tied for first place in the conference entering Thursday night’s games.

John Calipari won more than 400 games during his 15 seasons leading Kentucky basketball. Many of those wins came in Lexington. These five stand out.

But coaching is in the fibers of life when you’re born into the Casey family of Corvallis, and Joe is now the 27-year-old new varsity boys basketball head coach at 5A Corvallis High.

Old Dominion coach Mike Jones was named the recipient of the Joe B. Hall National Coach ‘Mid ... the top first-time head coach in Division I basketball. Picked to finish eighth in the Sun ...