Martin: Will Calipari be successful at Arkansas? Look no further than his Memphis past
Former Kentucky head coach John Calipari may take a job in the same league as his old team, at University of Arkansas. (Wade Payne/AP file)
John Martin
John Martin is a contributing college sports columnist for The Daily Memphian. Martin is a lifelong Memphian who’s covered the Memphis Tigers’ basketball program for more than a decade. Before joining The Daily Memphian team, he was the Memphis beat writer for The Athletic. Currently, he is the co-host of the Jason and John Show on 92.9 FM ESPN, weekdays at 11 a.m. Martin is a graduate of White Station High School and the University of Memphis.
If history is any guide, John Calipari will arrive in Fayetteville motivated to prove his detractors wrong and to win at an elite level.
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