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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2-4 | DNP | |||||
17-9 | DNP | |||||
21-9 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
13-14 | DNP | |||||
19-9 | 6-2 | 4th | ECAC North | DNP | ||
21-10 | 8-2 | T-1st | ECAC N. Atlantic | NCAA (0-1) | ||
17-14 | 7-9 | 5th | NIT (2-1) | |||
25-9 | 10-6 | T-4th | NCAA (4-1) | |||
14-14 | 10-8 | T-4th | Probation | |||
22-6 | 14-4 | 1st | Probation | |||
29-7 | 12-4 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
30-4 | 13-3 | 2nd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (4-1) | ||
27-7 | 12-4 | T-1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
28-5 | 14-2 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
34-2 | 16-0 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (6-0) | ||
35-5 | 13-3 | 2nd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (5-1) | ||
19-13 | 8-8 | 5th | C-USA (American) | NIT (1-1) | ||
25-7 | 11-5 | 2nd | C-USA (American) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
20-10 | 9-7 | T-6th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
33-5 | 14-2 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
21-13 | 6-10 | T-11th | NIT (3-1) | |||
24-10 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
27-9 | 14-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
31-6 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
20-13 | 11-7 | T-5th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
25-10 | 12-6 | T-3rd | NCAA | |||
2011-12 |
* 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