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Rick Pitino was introduced on Tuesday as the new head basketball coach at St. John’s, and the veteran explained why he chose to coach at the school. Pitino had coached at Iona the last three seasons, taking the Gaels to the NCAA Tournament …
Rick Pitino on Monday agreed to become the new head coach at St. John’s, and Iona wasted no time finding a replacement. Fairleigh Dickinson head coach Tobin Anderson has agreed to a five-year deal to become the head coach at Iona, ESPN’s …
Rick Pitino is heading back to the big time. Pitino has agreed to become the new head coach at St. John’s, according to multiple reports. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Pete Thamel reported Monday that Pitino will get a six-year contract …
Rick Pitino’s coaching future is up in the air, and a new report suggests he is deciding between two options. Pitino has been strongly linked with the vacant head coach job at St. John’s and is deciding between that position and staying …
Legendary college basketball coach Rick Pitino is headed back home as a deal with a Big East team nears completion.
Rick Pitino has been rumored as a possible candidate for a few high-profile head coach jobs, but we can apparently cross one big program off the list. Pitino has been linked to the Georgetown head coach vacancy, but ESPN’s Jeff Goodman says the …
Rick Pitino apparently has quite the queue forming outside of his office. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported on Friday that the veteran head coach Pitino is drawing some “serious interest” from Texas Tech. The Red Raiders recently …
Rick Pitino is one of the few coaching legends still active in college basketball, and he is being rumored as a possible candidate for a few jobs. Pitino is in his third season as the head coach at Iona. He has the Gaels 25-7 this season and first in …
Donovan Mitchell’s former college coach had a little something to say this week about the Utah Jazz guard. Rick Pitino, who coached Mitchell at the University of Louisville, spoke with reporters Tuesday and said Mitchell would …
A new set of rumors indicates that Rick Pitino could once again find himself coaching in a power conference at some point in the near future. A report on “The Sports Junkies” radio show on 106.7 The Fan in Washington claimed Wednesday …
Rick Pitino has a rooting interest in the Final Four thanks to one of his former assistant coaches. UCLA coach Mick Cronin was an assistant to Pitino at Louisville from 2001-2003. He’s been very successful since then, reaching the NCAA …
The Indiana Hoosiers are looking for a new head basketball coach after firing Archie Miller this week. Rick Pitino has done so well at Iona and has such a history of strong performances, that his name has come up for the job. But the 68-year-old …
The Iona Gaels, coached by Rick Pitino, are going dancing. The Gaels, who were the ninth seed in the MAAC Tournament, defeated Fairfield 60-51 on Saturday to secure the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It’s quite the …
Rick Pitino is concerned about whether the college basketball season can be played on schedule, and he has some suggestions to try to help that process. With ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic — and a spate of cancellations in college …
Count Rick Pitino among those who are very happy with the direction of the New York Knicks. Pitino went out of his way on Twitter Saturday to praise the Knicks’ recent coaching moves. He not only gave plaudits to the hiring of Tom Thibodeau, …
Rick Pitino offered a few suggestions Wednesday for how the NCAA should run the 2020-2021 college basketball season. Pitino, who was named Iona’s head coach in March, thinks the NCAA should push back the start of the season to January and only …
