Coach Cal, self-described 'poor, miserable, sinner,' left Kentucky for Arkansas after chat with priest

Legendary college basketball coach John Calipari appears on OutKick's 'Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich' to talk about his decision to leave Kentucky.

Arkansas coach John Calipari shocked the basketball world in April 2024 by leaving Kentucky for the Razorbacks. And as he tells it, divine intervention may have been in play when he opted to head South.

Coach Cal admitted as much to Dan Dakich, host of OutKick's Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich on Thursday.

"We had Father Joe with us, a priest, in Vegas (where Cal was attending a friend's bachelor party)," Cal told Dakich. "HE said, ‘Go for a walk. An hour. You’re the coach of Kentucky. Walk back. That next hour, you're the coach of Arkansas.'"

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Arkansas Razorbacks head coach John Calipari after a game against the Miami Hurricanes at Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla., Dec. 3, 2024. (Sam Navarro/Imagn Images)

Simple enough, right?

As Cal tells it, the walk back provided more excitement than the walk there as a Wildcat. 

"About 15 minutes after coming back, I started whistling and skipping," said Calipari. "Like, you know what? I'm doin' this. Father Joe from Philadelphia got it done. He got it done."

Trust the process.

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John Calipari, head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats, during a 88-73 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 7, 2023. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Coach Cal's reliance on a priest during such a massive career-altering decision had a snickering Dakich asking why all the Italians, like Calipari, always have a priest hanging around.

"I'm a poor, miserable, sinner. … When I give