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Roy Williams vs John Calipari: Who Has the Better Resume?

By Bryson Gordon

Dec 13, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels coach Roy Williams and Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-70. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 13, 2014; Lexington, KY, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels coach Roy Williams and Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari at Rupp Arena. The Kentucky Wildcats defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-70. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports /
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Conference Championships

Roy Williams: Coach Williams has won sixteen regular season conference championships.

Williams won nine in the Big 12, and the other seven in the ACC. Coach Roy has stated on many occasions that the regular season titles are important to him, despite how other coaches feel about them.

Williams has won the regular season title in his conference 55% of his seasons, which is an incredible stat when you think about it. Coach Williams has won seven conference tournament titles in his 29 years also.

Dec 3, 2016; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari reacts during the game against the UCLA Bruins in the second half at Rupp Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 3, 2016; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari reacts during the game against the UCLA Bruins in the second half at Rupp Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports /

John Calipari: Calipari has won thirteen regular season titles in 25 seasons, which is just shy of Coach Williams 55%.

Calipari does have the advantage over Williams in conference tournaments though. Calipari has won twelve tournament titles in his 25 seasons. While some of those were in weaker conferences, it extremely hard to avoid upsets like Calipari has in his conference tournaments.

Advantage: This category goes to Coach Cal. Cal has done an incredible job over the years of keeping his players from playing down to their opponents level. In the A-10 it is hard to make the NCAA Tournament without a conference title, and Calipari’s teams left no doubt while at UMass. 

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