This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. American basketball coach (born 1952) For his son and New Mexico college basketball coach, see Richard Pitino. Rick Pitino Pitino in a press conference for the 2013 Final Four St. John's Red Storm Position Head coach League Big East Conference Personal information Born (1952-09-18 ...

3 days ago · Rick Pitino has asked a favor of Big Blue Nation with John Calipari -- the former Kentucky coach now at Arkansas-- returning to Rupp Arena this weekend.His request: don't boo the coach who once ...

3 days ago · LEXINGTON — More than two decades ago, Rick Pitino returned to Rupp Arena for the first time as a visiting coach. After an ultra-successful run guiding the Kentucky basketball program, he now ...

3 days ago · St. John’s basketball coach Rick Pitino posted a video on social media Thursday asking Kentucky fans to give John Calipari a standing ovation when the former UK coach brings Arkansas to Rupp ...

Oct 12, 2024 · LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Rick Pitino was wildly cheered in a surprise return to Rupp Arena, with the Hall of Fame coach saying “I am so happy to be back” in a show of support for first-year Kentucky coach and former captain Mark Pope on Friday night at the Big Blue Madness public practice.. Pitino, who guided Kentucky back from NCAA sanctions to the 1996 national championship before later ...

5 days ago · Rick Pitino, American basketball coach who was the first head coach to win a men’s NCAA Division I national championship with two different schools (the University of Kentucky in 1996 and the University of Louisville in 2013). However, his 2013 title was later vacated by Louisville after an NCAA investigation.

Oct 15, 2024 · At the end of a long line of former Kentucky players, carrying eight national championship trophies stood Rick Pitino. Yes, the former Louisville coach who flipped off the crowd in his last time at Rupp Arena in 2015, but also the man who resurrected Kentucky from the death penalty and helped assemble one of the greatest collections of talent ...

Oct 12, 2024 · A visibly emotional Rick Pitino, back at Rupp Arena donned in Kentucky blue for the first time in decades, was a fitting finale Friday night to a Big Blue Madness event that honored the greatness ...

Rick Pitino told the Rupp Arena crowd that new Wildcats coach Mark Pope will carry Kentucky, which suffered two first-round exits in the past three NCAA tournaments, to "greatness."

Oct 11, 2024 · Pitino is a Kentucky legend thanks to his eight seasons of coaching that also included three Final Four appearances, two SEC regular-season crowns and five SEC tournament titles.