John Pelphrey

John Pelphrey
	Pelphrey during the 2009 Arkansas–Georgia game
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Tennessee Tech
Conference	OVC
Record	51–103 (.331)
Biographical details
Born	July 18, 1968 (age 56); Paintsville, Kentucky, U.S.
Playing career
1988–1992	Kentucky
Position(s)	Forward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994	Oklahoma State (assistant)
1994–1996	Marshall (assistant)
1996–2002	Florida (assistant)
2002–2007	South Alabama
2007–2011	Arkansas
2011–2015	Florida (assistant)
2016–2019	Alabama (assistant)
2019–present	Tennessee Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	200–229 (.466)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA); 0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Sun Belt tournament (2006); Sun Belt regular season (2007)
Awards
	Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2006)

John Leslie Pelphrey (born July 18, 1968) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles. After being named Kentucky Mr. Basketball in 1987,^[1] 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 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.

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