After the firings in recent seasons of Allen Edwards (Wyoming), Steve Masiello (Manhattan) and Scott Padgett (Samford), the 2022-23 men’s college basketball season tipped off with only four ex-Kentucky Wildcats players serving as NCAA Division I head coaches.
The ascension of former UK walk-on guard Dwight Perry to the position of Wofford interim head coach on Dec. 5 pushed that number back to five.
For the ex-Cats turned coaches, 2022-23 has been a mixed bag.