John Calipari and Kentucky Agree to New Contract: Latest Details and Reaction

John Calipari likely silenced any talk that he will be returning to the NBA anytime soon on Tuesday, signing a contract extension through the 2022 season with the University of Kentucky. 

Andy Katz of ESPN reported the sides added a one-year extension worth $8 million to his existing deal. Katz also notes Calipari is set to earn a $1.6 million longevity bonus July 1.

On May 20, Kyle Tucker of the Courier-Journal provided more contract details on Calipari's deal:

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The new agreement adds a year to Calipari's deal, which now expires on March 30, 2022, and guarantees him $54 million over the next seven seasons.

He'll make $7 million next season, $7.25 million in 2016-17, $7.75 million in 2017-18 and $8 million in each of the last four years of the contract. There are no bonuses for on-court performance and the only incentive, as was the case under the old deal, is for the program to maintain a score of 950 in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate. That would earn him another $50,000 per year.

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Tucker noted Calipari has received four contract extensions during his tenure with Kentucky, one after each Final Four appearance.

Calipari has had an excellent tenure during his time with the Wildcats, leading the team to a national championship in 2012, four Final Four appearances (including two in a row) and two berths in the national championship game.

Kentucky has also won three regular-season titles and three conference tournaments and has produced six All-Americans (John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein) under his watch. 

Calipari's tenure at Kentucky has been a controversial one, as his reign at the school has been marked by a number of talented, "one-and-done" prospects who leave for the NBA after just one season. He's always maintained that he's trying to do what is best for the players who sign with his program, however. 

"I'm not doing this to please everybody," he told Nancy Armour of USA Today in March. "I'm doing this to please these young people and their families. That's my mission… What we do for these kids changes their whole lives and direction, and that's how I look at this."

Calipari is never far from controversy, of course. Although he was never implicated in the NCAA violations that led to Final Four trips with UMass and Memphis being vacated, Calipari's image did not come away from either incident unscathed. 

Still, it's hard to question his recruiting records or the string of success his teams have had on the court. Indeed, the Kentucky faithful would probably be pleased to see him remain at the helm for the Wildcats for many years to come.