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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 08-12-2020, 07:42 PM:

On Tuesday, the Kentucky Wildcats’ long-time assistant coach Kenny Payne decided to accept a job offer to become an assistant coach for the New York Knicks.

Shortly after the announcement, it was reported that Bruiser Flint who was an assistant under John Calipari at UMASS, would be leaving Indiana to join the staff at Kentucky and replace Payne.

Flint took over for coach Cal as the head coach at UMASS when Cal left and later went on to be the head coach at Drexel. He spent 20 years as a D1 head coach winning 331 games and he has over 30 years of coaching experience.

After helping coach Cal lead the UMASS program to its only Final Four appearance in history in 1996, Flint then went 86-72 in five years as the head coach and had a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances.

As the head coach at Drexel, Flint spent 15 years and became the programs’ all-time leader in wins with 245.

Cal could’ve almost hand-picked who he wanted to replace Payne and decided to go with someone who has experience. Not only can Cal trust Flint, but since he was an assistant under Cal for seven seasons, he knows how Cal wants to run his program.

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