When you are worth about $3 billion, you can buy everything you like.

John Tyson, the heir to the Tyson food empire, decided he wanted to help buy a basketball coach. And no one fit the bill better than his longtime friend John Calipari.

Henry Zimmer is sports editor for The Outlook and Dadeville Record. He may be contacted via email at henry.zimmer@alexcityoutlook.com.