Esther Schmidt Rupp, widow of former Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp, died of natural causes at Central Baptist Hospital. She was 95.
Esther Rupp died Sunday, on the eve of Kentucky's attempt for its seventh national basketball championship.Adolph Rupp coached the Wildcats for 42 years, from 1930-1972, and finished his career as the winningest coach in the history of college basketball with a record of 876-190. He died Dec. 11, 1977 at the age of 76.
"We are saddened with her passing," Kentucky athletic director C.M. Newton said. "She was a wonderful lady from a family that has contributed greatly to the University of Kentucky for a number of years. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family during their time of need."