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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 ...
He would leave the New York Knicks to follow Pitino to Kentucky. [11] Tubby Smith left his position as assistant coach at the University of South Carolina to pursue his new career at the University of Kentucky. [12] Herb Sendek was also brought in as an assistant coach. Sendek had previously served as a graduate assistant to Pitino at ...
Five coaches have received national coaching awards while the head coach of Kentucky: Rupp, Sutton, Pitino, Smith, and Calipari. Four Wildcat coaches: Rupp, Sutton, Pitino, and Calipari have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. [1] [2] Kentucky's current head coach is Mark Pope, who has held the position since April 12, 2024. [2]
Bernadette Locke-Mattox (born December 31, 1958) is a former head coach of the University of Kentucky women's basketball team. While at Kentucky in 1990, she became the first female to serve as assistant coach for a men's NCAA Division I basketball team, when she served under Rick Pitino. [1]
“It was a mutual thing,” said Pitino, who coached at Kentucky from 1989-97 and is now the coach at St. John’s. “The fans wanted a change. John read the tea leaves.
After one season as a graduate assistant, he was promoted to assistant coach in 1990 and to associate head coach in 1992. In that position, Donovan served as Pitino's top assistant during Kentucky's 1993 Final Four run, and he helped to recruit the members of UK's 1996 national championship team. [7]
The 1995-96 Kentucky Wildcats basketball team was one of the most dominant in March Madness history, and many players continued their success. ... the first for coach Rick Pitino.
Pitino, who turns 72 years old in September, left UK in 1997 to become head coach of the Boston Celtics and later returned to college to coach rival Louisville from 2001 to 2017.