HawgBeat - Arkansas announces latest additions to John Calipari's staff
Arkansas announced the latest additions to John Calipari's staff on Friday.
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FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas basketball program announced several new additions to first-year head coach John Calipari's staff Friday.
A press release stated that five new assistants have been added to the program, though HawgBeat previously reported several of those names were added to the staff directory on May 23.
James "Bruiser" Flint was announced as Special Assistant to the Head Coach, Chris Woolard was named Men's Basketball General Manager and Lunetha Pryor was named Men's Basketball Chief of Staff.
Additionally, Kevin Butty and Kevin Gallagher were named Video Coordinator and Assistant Video Coordinator, respectively. The duo also held similar roles under Calipari while he was at Kentucky.
According to the UA, Woolard will handle day-to-day operations of the Arkansas basketball program as the general manager, and will also serve as executive director of the Calipari Foundation. Woolard worked with Calipari for the last 13 seasons at Kentucky.
Pryor has spent 24 years working for Calipari and will work closely with Woolard in coordinating Calipari's schedule while assisting him with his travel and recruiting responsibilities.
Butty, as video coordinator, has worked in a similar role with the Rio Grande Vipers, Los Angeles Lakers and San Diego State. He served in the same role with Kentucky last season.
Gallagher has spend the last six years with Kentucky as a manager (2018-21) and graduate assistant in the Kentucky video department from 2021-23.
Other assistants previously announced include associate head coaches Kenny Payne and Chin Coleman, assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Chuck Martin, assistant coach/director of on-court player development Brad Calipari.
