It is finally official!  University of Memphis coach John Calipari has left the Tigers, along with his entire staff, to become the next coach at the University of Kentucky.

The Wildcats coaching job came open last Friday when they fired head coach Billy Gillispie after just two years as their head coach.

Calipari had spent the past nine years at the University of Memphis.  During that time Calipari had a record of 253-69 with several trips to the NCAA tournament, and a trip to the National Championship game last year.

The job with Kentucky will be Calipari’s third head coaching job as a college coach.  His overall record is 446-140 with two trips the the Final Four.  His first Final Four, in 1996, was vacated over NCAA violations regarding a player taking money from an agent.

Calipari had already booked the #1 recruiting class for the Memphis Tigers.  He will reportedly take most of that class and at least one or two current Tigers to the University of Kentucky with him.