 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 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.
- ^ "John Pelphrey ". USAJaguars.com. July 30, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2007.[permanent dead link]