32-453: Pelphrey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: John Pelphrey (born 1968), American college basketball coach and player Tom Pelphrey (born 1982), American actor [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Pelphrey . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
64-474: A booster . The scandal led to the resignation of coach Eddie Sutton and athletic director Cliff Hagan , and led to major NCAA sanctions. Pelphrey and his fellow freshmen, Richie Farmer , Deron Feldhaus and Sean Woods , stayed with the program despite the sanctions, and entered UK lore during their senior season in 1991–92. That year, a relatively unheralded Kentucky team coached by Rick Pitino , in its first year after coming off NCAA probation, advanced all
96-580: A dramatic nine-point improvement when he took his last ACT. When Manuel took the ACT at Lafayette High, 211 of a possible 219 answers were the same as those of another student, Chris Shearer. To the NCAA, this suggested that Manuel had cheated. Indeed, according to ACT officials, there was only a two-in-a-million chance that two students' answers could have resembled each other so closely without cheating. Manuel adamantly denied any wrongdoing, but voluntarily stayed out of
128-621: A huge win over one of Arkansas' archrivals from its Southwest Conference days, the #7 ranked Texas Longhorns , 67–61. However, after those wins, Pelphrey's season rapidly went downhill as the Razorbacks went on to a last-place finish in the SEC West with a 2–14 record and an overall final record of 14–16. In the 2009–10 season, Pelphrey's team started off slow, losing to Morgan State, East Tennessee State and South Alabama early in non-conference play. But Arkansas regained some momentum by winning five in
160-604: A loss to Syracuse in the first round 79–73, which was South Alabama's sixth straight loss to end the season. South Alabama finished the year with a 20–12 record, giving Pelphrey an overall record of 80–67 with the Jags. Pelphrey was announced as the new head coach of the University of Arkansas basketball team at a press conference on Monday, April 9, 2007, in Fayetteville, Arkansas . Pelphrey replaced Stan Heath , whose tenure ended with
192-503: A loss to ranked Vanderbilt along the way. Arkansas finished the SEC regular season with a 9–7 record. The Razorbacks defeated Vanderbilt (then ranked 18th nationally) again in the 2008 SEC tournament . They followed this up with arguably their most significant victory of the season, a 92–91 win over #4 Tennessee in the tourney semifinals. The Razorbacks lost in the championship game to underdog Georgia, but rebounded to defeat Indiana 86–72 in
224-552: A passion for baseball; he played during his high school years as a shortstop and a pitcher . While a player at the University of Kentucky (UK) 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
256-481: A row to have a 7–5 record, although the victories came against Mississippi Valley State, Delaware State, Alabama State, Stephen F. Austin and Missouri State. The Razorbacks then lost four straight, including the Southeastern Conference opener against Mississippi State. Arkansas was humbled in a 101–70 loss at Kentucky but followed with five straight SEC wins to improve to 13–11. However, the Razorbacks finished
288-1248: A son, Jaxson, and a daughter, Grace Donovan. In 2003, the Pelphreys' infant son, John Patrick, died of a rare blood disorder. On June 10, 2008, Pelphrey and his wife launched the Pel's Pals Foundation as a memorial to John Patrick. His brother, Jerry, was a player and assistant coach for the East Tennessee State men's basketball team. National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach. # denotes interim head coach Eric Manuel Eric Manuel (born December 21, 1968)
320-582: Is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles . After being named Kentucky 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
352-582: Is an American former college basketball player. Born in Macon, Georgia ; Manuel made the Parade and McDonald's All-America teams as a high school senior in 1987. The 6-foot-6-inch (1.98 m) small forward / shooting guard signed with the Kentucky Wildcats , and broke into the starting lineup by the middle of his freshman year. He was named to the all- Southeastern Conference freshman team. Just before
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#1733105972392384-552: The 1993–94 season . Pelphrey joined Billy Donovan 's staff at Marshall for two years and was instrumental in the resurgence of the Thundering Herd program. In 1996, he followed Donovan from Marshall to Florida and coached as an assistant for six years. He helped the Gators garner a school record four straight NCAA tournament appearances from 1999 to 2002. During the 1999–2000 season, the Gators made their first-ever appearance in
416-542: The Sun Belt Conference tournament championship game, earning USA's first NCAA tournament bid since 1998. The Jaguars lost to eventual tournament champions, Florida in the round of 64. In 2007, Pelphrey led the Jags to a regular season title but they fell short in the Sun Belt Conference tournament quarterfinals after losing the final four games of the regular season. This led to an NIT berth and resulted in
448-599: 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
480-731: 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. During his freshman year in 1988–89, the UK program was rocked by a major scandal. One player, Eric Manuel , was found by the NCAA to have received improper assistance on his college entrance exams. A second player, Chris Mills , received cash payments from
512-837: The University of Arkansas on March 26, 2007. The Razorbacks began the season ranked #19, but fell out of the top 25 after losing their third game of the season to unranked Providence . Arkansas went on to win six consecutive games to improve to 8–1, before losing to the Oklahoma Sooners . They finished the non-conference season 11–3, highlighted by wins over Missouri and Baylor . The Razorbacks won their first two conference games against Auburn and Alabama , before losing their next two to South Carolina and Georgia . Pelphrey's Razorback team then responded with back-to-back home wins against two ranked opponents, defeating Mississippi State and also Florida , coached by one of his mentors and dear friend, Billy Donovan . The Razorbacks also handed
544-409: The five proctors for the test, or other students sitting near them. Shearer reportedly boasted that he'd helped Manuel get into Kentucky. Ed Dove, the public defender who represented Manuel in the NCAA case, believes that Manuel may have been tripped up by signing two answer sheets. He believes Manuel took the test honestly on one, but someone else—without Manuel's knowledge—copied Shearer's answers on
576-407: The lineup while the investigation progressed so as not to risk Kentucky being forced to forfeit any games if he were declared ineligible. As it turned out, the investigation dragged through the entire 1988-89 season. It was to no avail. On May 20, 1989, the NCAA placed Kentucky on three years' probation for a number of serious recruiting and academic violations. As part of the ruling, the NCAA took
608-457: The national championship game against Michigan State . Pelphrey spent five seasons as head coach at the University of South Alabama , starting in 2002. In his first season there in 2002–03, Pelphrey led the Jaguars to a 14–14 record but had subsequently bad seasons the next two years, going 12–16 in 2003–04 and then 10–18 in 2004–05. In 2005–06 the Jaguars defeated Western Kentucky University in
640-473: The opening round of the NCAA tournament. It was the Razorbacks' first NCAA tourney victory since 1999. The Razorbacks were eliminated by overall #1 seed North Carolina in the second round. On December 30, 2008, Pelphrey earned his biggest upset as coach of the Razorbacks up until that point by beating #4 ranked Oklahoma in Bud Walton Arena , 96–88. On January 6, 2009, Pelphrey followed that victory up with
672-630: The other three seniors, as undisputed team leaders who showed their loyalty to UK during some of the program's darkest hours, would forever be known by Wildcats fans as "The Unforgettables" (a name given to them by Coach Pitino). Pelphrey is one of 36 former Kentucky players to have his jersey retired (#34). After leaving Kentucky, Pelphrey failed to get drafted in the NBA and spent a short time playing professional basketball in France and Spain before joining his former coach Eddie Sutton 's staff at Oklahoma State for
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736-434: The season on another slide, losing their final five games of the regular season before falling to Georgia in the first round of the SEC tournament by a score of 77–64 to end with a six-game losing streak. The six-game slide is the longest in the history of University of Arkansas basketball to end a season with, and dropped the Razorbacks to 14–18. His fourth season saw an improvement in the overall record, getting to 18–13, but
768-741: The second and sent it to ACT headquarters in Iowa City . Manuel transferred to Hiwassee College in Tennessee before enrolling at NAIA power Oklahoma City University . The NAIA initially tried to ban Manuel from playing for any of its member schools as well, but ultimately an Oklahoma district court judge said that the NAIA's reasoning was meritless (he noted that numerous players who were not only cleared to play for NAIA schools but actively recruited had backgrounds that included expulsions from other schools and criminal records) and struck down their ban; an NAIA appeal
800-596: The start of his sophomore season, however, questions surfaced about his college admissions exams. Manuel had fallen short of a qualifying score on his previous attempts to take the SAT and ACT . When he took the ACT at Lafayette High School in Lexington —home to UK—he finally got a passing score. In July 1989, as part of a larger probe into the Wildcat program, the NCAA investigated Manuel's test scores after finding out he had made
832-407: The team was unable to secure any invitation to postseason play. Despite having signed a highly regarded recruiting class, on March 13, 2011, Pelphrey was fired as head coach at the University of Arkansas. He said he felt that the university did not give him enough time to complete a turnaround of the program. His record after four seasons with the Razorbacks was 69–59. On April 12, 2011, Pelphrey
864-422: The unprecedented step of banning Manuel from playing another game for any NCAA member school. The NCAA found that Manuel had committed "academic fraud" by cheating on the ACT, and had also lied to the NCAA and university staff. It also forced Kentucky to vacate its two wins in that year's NCAA tournament (though it allowed Kentucky to keep all of its regular season wins), saying that UK should have known Manuel
896-581: The way to the Elite Eight , losing to Duke in the East Regional title game. This game is often considered one of the greatest in college basketball history, ending with the Blue Devils' Christian Laettner 's buzzer-beating jumper in overtime, which is among the most famous finishes in a college basketball game. John was the player who was supposed to be guarding him when he made the buzzer beater. Pelphrey and
928-558: Was abandoned after it was clear the organization would pay a huge amount of money for legal costs and definitely lose. He helped lead Oklahoma City to consecutive NAIA National Championships in 1991 and 1992. He was picked up by the New Jersey Nets of the NBA , but couldn't make the roster. He played for a few years in Europe , then returned to Oklahoma City to work as a sales merchandiser for
960-561: 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
992-554: Was ineligible. In a separate action, the SEC stripped Kentucky of its 1988 regular season and conference tournament titles. Raw Recruits, a book that took a critical look at the UK program, noted that there was an empty seat between all students, and that Shearer was right-handed and sitting to Manuel's left. The book's authors, Alexander Wolff and Armen Keteyian , said that Manuel would have had to look over an empty space and Shearer's right arm to copy off of him—something that would not (or should not) have gone unnoticed by Shearer,
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1024-540: Was re-hired by his former boss Billy Donovan to be an assistant at Florida. He was not retained by new Florida coach Michael White following Donovan's departure in 2015. During the 2015–16 season , he worked as an analyst on the SEC Network . Avery Johnson announced on April 7, 2016, that he had hired Pelphrey to his staff at Alabama. Pelphrey was announced as the program's 13th head coach on April 6, 2019. Pelphrey and his wife Tracy Lyon have two living children:
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