John Calipari
This celebrity goo was created by player Chris Lemler.
Scott Hardie provided the category and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Chris, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Saturday, June 20, 2015 (part of Summer 2015)
category: 
Sports
clue: Born in 1959, he figured he wanted to be a wild cat. But in 2015, he was stopped short of being perfect. Writing a book made him bounce back.
explanation: Calipari was a basketball coach with the Wildcats of the University of Kentucky. His winning records were partially vacated after a controversy. He authored the book Bounce Back. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Mike Rothstein, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, and Scott Hardie
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