Career After Kentucky
In April 1972, Rupp was named Team President of the Memphis Pros, soon to become the Memphis Tams, of the American Basketball Association.
In July 1973, Rupp was hired as Vice President of the Board of the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association.
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