Rupp Arena

Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was a college basketball coach who spent 41 seasons at the University of Kentucky. Born in Halstead, Kansas, he played college basketball at Kansas under Phog Allen before building one of the sport's most successful coaching records. At Kentucky he won four NCAA championships, one NIT championship, and 27 Southeastern Conference titles, finishing his career with 876 wins — the most in men's Division I history at the time of his retirement. He carried a .822 career winning percentage. In 1948 he coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in London. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1969.