Tubby Smith resigns, taking Minnesota job
 

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Tubby Smith has resigned as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and will accept the same position at the University of Minnesota, according to sources close to Smith and to the university.

Smith, whose record is 263-83 in 10 seasons at UK, will take over a program that played most of this season with an interim coach, Jim Molinari, at the helm. The Gophers’ head coach, Dan Monson, resigned last November at the start of the season.

Smith reportedly told the UK players today that his contract in Minnesota is $2.5 million a year.

Smith had been under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks after back-to-back second-round losses in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats lost seven of their last 11 games and lost a combined 25 games the past two seasons – the most ever in a two-year window at UK that was not affected by NCAA probation.

UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart could not be reached for comment.

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Sweet, that job was scaring me as a WSU fan.

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Wow, that's a big F-U to the UK nation, isn't it?

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

I wonder if UK goes after Gillispie now.

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Whoa.

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Good move by him, I think he was really underappreciated at UK .

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Wow, saw it coming, but wow! [Not Minn, just in general.]

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Sorry day for Big Blue.

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Wow, that's a big F-U to the UK nation, isn't it?

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

I wonder if UK goes after Gillispie now.

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I hope not. Gillispie is a Texas boy. Alot of his talent comes from his recruiting skills and alot of that stems from him putting his time in thought the texas HS system.

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Sorry day for Big Blue.

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srsly. leaves Kentucky for Minnesota?

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This is so sick. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Minnesota.