Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 - December 10, 1977) is one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is the third winningest men's college coach in total victories (after Bobby Knight and Dean Smith), winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching, and setting a remarkable standard of excellence that exists to this day. Rupp is also second among all coaches in alltime winning percentage (.822), trailing only Clair Bee. Wikipedia
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The Kentucky basketball team will be host to South Carolina tonight in a game in the 23,000 seat arena that was named for Mr. Rupp, the most successful college basketball coach in history. www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Coaches/Adolph_Rupp....