April 8th: On this date....

..... in 2003, your University of Kentucky Wildcats head coach Orlando “Tubby” Smith was in the process of steamrolling every coaching award known to man. The most recent award in this run was the 2003 NABC Coach of the Year Award presented to him in New Orleans. This was the ninth Coach of the Year award given to Tubby since the end of the season. And according to the UK Athletics site, the most impressive feat was that Smith had received the six major Coach of the Year awards recognized by the NCAA, something that had not been accomplished since Robert Montgomery Knight in 1975. The only difference? Knight threw his awards across the banquet hall, while Tubby took his and gave them a bath. The NCAA recognizes the AP, USBWA, NABC, Naismith, Sporting News, and CBS as the six majors. Tubby had a perfect 19-0 record in the SEC, finished the season 32-4, and added an Elite Eight appearance to boot.

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