KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

The Kentucky men’s basketball program has elevated Joel Justus to special assistant to the head coach and Will Barton to director of basketball administration, head coach John Calipari. Justus served as the director of analytics during UK’s historic 38-1 season. He was responsible for analyzing player and team performance and utilizing various stats and data to help develop efficient strategies through video. Barton was previously responsible for assisting the coaches in practices, performing in-game duties such as assisting coaches with stats, preparing players pregame, and being responsible for various equipment.