John Calipari is a basketball and family man first. In his spare time, however, he’s a reader as well.

Coach Cal carries a book with him wherever he goes. He reads at least three books at a time, keeping one in his car for when he travels, one on his desk at the Joe Craft Center and one at home. Inside his home office, there is a collection of books that would make librarians blush.

In honor of Coach Cal’s passion for books, we’ve created the “Coach Cal Book Club,” a list of books Coach Cal has read and recommends. Below is a list of literature Calipari is reading or has read over the last few years of his career. As you can tell, he’s into historical biographies, self-help, motivational and spiritual books. He prefers nonfiction over fiction.

As Coach Cal dives into a new book, we’ll add it to the “On Coach Cal’s Desk” category and then cycle it off into the online library below.

If you have a book you would like to recommend to Coach Cal, please leave a comment in the discussion below.