Rick Pitino

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Long Island, NY
High School: 
St. Dominic High School
  • Only coach to guide three different schools to the Final Four. Reached NCAA national semifinals on five occasions--once with Providence (1987), three times with Kentucky (1993, 1996 and 1997) and once with Louisville (2005). The 1996 team won the national title and the 1997 squad finished runner-up
  • Guided Louisville to 2006 NIT semifinals
  • Coach of nine conference tournament champions--one in North Atlantic (1983), five in SEC (1992 through 1995 and 1997), two in C-USA (2003 and 2005) and one in Big East (2009)
  • Compiled a 90-74 regular-season record (.549) and 6-7 playoff mark (.462) in two seasons as coach of the NBA's New York Knicks (1987-88 and 1988-89) before posting a 102-146 mark (.411) in a similar position with the Boston Celtics in 3 1/2 seasons from 1997-98 to 2000-01
  • Assistant coach at Hawaii under Bruce O'Neil for two seasons in 1974-75 and 1975-76, at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim for two seasons in 1976-77 and 1977-78, and with the NBA's New York Knicks under Hubie Brown for two seasons in 1983-84 and 1984-85
  • Major-college career playing statistics under Jack Leaman (4.7 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 5.6 apg, 43.9 FG%, 76.1 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (14: AP/UPI/USA)--1987 (NR/NR/6), 1991 (9/NR/17), 1992 (6/9/6), 1993 (2/4/3), 1994 (7/8/13), 1995 (2/2/5), 1996 (2/2/1), 1997 (5/2), 2003 (14/19), 2005 (4/3), 2007 (12/20), 2008 (13/6), 2009 (1/5) and 2011 (14/22)
  • All-Americans (six): Kentucky's Tony Delk (1996), Jamal Mashburn (1993) and Ron Mercer (1997) and Louisville's Reece Gaines (2003), Francisco Garcia (2005) and Terrence Williams (2009).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1975-76

Hawaii*

2-4

DNP

1978-79

Boston University

17-9

DNP

1979-80

Boston University

21-9

NIT (0-1)

1980-81

Boston University

13-14

DNP

1981-82

Boston University

19-9

6-2

4th

ECAC North

DNP

1982-83

Boston University

21-10

8-2

T-1st

ECAC N. Atlantic

NCAA (0-1)

1985-86

Providence

17-14

7-9

5th

Big East

NIT (2-1)

1986-87

Providence

25-9

10-6

T-4th

Big East

NCAA (4-1)

1989-90

Kentucky

14-14

10-8

T-4th

SEC

Probation

1990-91

Kentucky

22-6

14-4

1st

SEC

Probation

1991-92

Kentucky

29-7

12-4

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (3-1)

1992-93

Kentucky

30-4

13-3

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (4-1)

1993-94

Kentucky

27-7

12-4

T-1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (1-1)

1994-95

Kentucky

28-5

14-2

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (3-1)

1995-96

Kentucky

34-2

16-0

1st

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (6-0)

1996-97

Kentucky

35-5

13-3

2nd

SEC (Eastern)

NCAA (5-1)

2001-02

Louisville

19-13

8-8

5th

C-USA (American)

NIT (1-1)

2002-03

Louisville

25-7

11-5

2nd

C-USA (American)

NCAA (1-1)

2003-04

Louisville

20-10

9-7

T-6th

C-USA

NCAA (0-1)

2004-05

Louisville

33-5

14-2

1st

C-USA

NCAA (4-1)

2005-06

Louisville

21-13

6-10

T-11th

Big East

NIT (3-1)

2006-07

Louisville

24-10

12-4

T-2nd

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

2007-08

Louisville

27-9

14-4

T-2nd

Big East

NCAA (3-1)

2008-09

Louisville

31-6

16-2

1st

Big East

NCAA (3-1)

2009-10

Louisville

20-13

11-7

T-5th

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

2010-11

Louisville

25-10

12-6

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA

2011-12

Louisville

* Pitino was an interim coach when he filled in for Bruce O'Neil with six games remaining.

  • 26-Year College Coaching Record: 599-224 (.728) overall
  • 2-4 (.333) in a portion of one year at Hawaii
  • 91-51 (.641) in five years at Boston University
  • 42-23 (.646) in two years at Providence
  • 219-50 (.814) in eight years at Kentucky
  • 245-96 (.718) in first 10 years at Louisville
  • 14-4 (.778) in ECAC North/ECAC North Atlantic Conference
  • 88-48 (.647) in Big East Conference (17-15 with PC
  • 71-33 with UL)
  • 104-28 (.788) in Southeastern Conference
  • 42-22 (.656) in Conference USA
  • 4-1 (.800) in ECAC North/ECAC North Atlantic Tournament
  • 5-6 (.455) in Big East Tournament (1-2 with PC
  • 4-4 with UL)
  • 17-1 (.944) in SEC Tournament
  • 8-2 (.800) in C-USA Tournament
  • 38-14 (.731) in NCAA Tournament
  • 6-4 (.600) in NIT