Cal among four finalists for Naismith Coach of Year award

Kentucky Coach John Calipari has been named one of four finalists for the 2010 Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year award.
Other finalists are Steve Alford of New Mexico, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Frank Martin of Kansas State.
The finalists were decided in a vote by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s National Voting Academy, comprised of basketball journalists, coaches and administrators from around the country.
Calipari is one of only two coaches who have won the award more than once. He won it in 1996 while coaching at UMass and 2008 while coaching at Memphis.
The only other multiple winner is Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, who won the award in 1989, 1992 and 1999.
This year’s winner will be announced in April.