Rupp coached the University of Kentucky men's basketball team from 1930 to 1972.
The Joe Craft Center, a state-of-the-art basketball practice facility for the Kentucky Wildcats men's and women's basketball teams was named for him after he pledged $6 million toward the completion of the project.
Martin-Floreal is a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and is married to former Canadian Olympic triple jumper Edrick Floreal, head track and field coach at Kentucky Wildcats.
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Certain teams, such as those coached by Rick Pitino and Billy Donovan, are known for applying full-court pressure during most of the game (this was especially evident for Pitino's Kentucky Wildcats championship squad in the 1996 NCAA tournament).
His son, Kyle Wiltjer, played two seasons at the University of Kentucky, serving as a key role-player in 2011–12 on their way to capturing the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, before transferring to Gonzaga after the 2012–13 season.