John Pelphrey
Pelphrey during the 2009 Arkansas–Georgia game.
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Alabama |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 18, 1968 Paintsville, Kentucky |
| Playing career | |
| 1988–1992 | Kentucky |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1994 | Oklahoma State (asst.) |
| 1994–1996 | Marshall (asst.) |
| 1996–2002 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2002–2007 | South Alabama |
| 2007–2011 | Arkansas |
| 2011–2015 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2016–present | Alabama (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–126 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Sun Belt Tournament championship (2006) Sun Belt regular season championship (2007) |
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| Awards | |
| Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2006) | |
John Leslie Pelphrey (born July 18, 1968) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Alabama. After being named Kentucky's "Mr. Basketball" in 1987, he became a star college player at the University of Kentucky.
After his playing career ended, Pelphrey became as an assistant coach under Eddie Sutton at Oklahoma State University. He was then hired to serve under Billy Donovan at Marshall University and followed him to Florida. Pelphrey took his first head coaching job in 2002, when he was hired by the University of South Alabama, and in 2007 he was chosen to take the head coaching position at the University of Arkansas. After leaving Arkansas, he returned to Florida.
John Pelphrey was born in Paintsville, Kentucky. He attended Paintsville High School, where he was coached by Bill Mike Runyon. He would lead the Tigers to the Sweet Sixteen in the State Tournament, and make the Sweet Sixteen Fab 50. During his senior year as a Tiger (1987), the team's final record was 32-5. The team won Paintsville Invitational Championship, the Hillbrook Classic, the 57th District Championship, the 15th Region Championship, and made the KHSAA "Sweet Sixteen" Final Four where they lost to eventual state runner-up Louisville Ballard led by future NBA player Allan Houston. A two-sport athlete, Pelphrey also had a passion for baseball, he played during his high school years as a shortstop and a pitcher.
While a player at Kentucky from 1988 to 1992, Pelphrey led the Wildcats to the SEC Tournament Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance, including the epic battle with Duke in the 1992 Elite Eight. Pelphrey was a two-time captain while at Kentucky and in 1989 was named the UK Student Athlete of the Year. During his collegiate career, Pelphrey started 90 of 114 games, and averaged 11 points per game over his career. In 2005, Pelphrey was inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame.
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