Richard Andrew "Rick" Pitino is an American basketball coach. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville, and coached the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. As a college head coach, Pitino has also served at Bosto...
Richard Pitino, Daniel Pitino, Ryan Pitino, Christopher Pitino, Jacqueline Pitino, Michael Pitino
Nicknames
Richard A. "Rick" Pitino , Richard A. Pitino , Rick
Awards
Best Coach/Manager ESPY Award, NABC Coach of the Year, Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Movies
Coach Rick Pitino: Basketball Fundamentals, Through the Fire
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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In his ninth season as head coach at Louisville. [January 2010]
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Preparing for his third season as coach of Louisville. [July 2003]
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Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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In his next to last season as head coach of the Boston Celtics, he had an infamous rant in which he criticized the Boston fans and media for their negativity and unrealistic expectations. Among others things, he said, "Larry Bird is not walking through that door..." That rant is frequently quoted by sportswriters and the media when a team's glory days have ended.
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In March 1987, his son Daniel died at six months of congenital heart failure.
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His brother-in-law, Billy Minardi, whom he considered his best friend, was killed in the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Minardi, an equities trader for Cantor Fitzgerald, worked on the 104th floor of Tower 1.
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Attended and played college basketball at the University of Massachusetts, where he was a teammate of Julius Erving.
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Coached professionally with the New York Knicks (1988-1989) and the Boston Celtics, where he also assumed the role of President. He left after a disastrous sub-500 season.
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Joins Lefty Drisell, Eddie Sutton, and Jim Harrick among coaches who have taken four schools to the NCAA Tournament. Pitino accomplished this with Boston University, Providence, Kentucky and Louisville. He is the only coach ever to take three teams (Providence, Kentucky and Louisville) to the Final Four, winning a title in '96 with Kentucky.
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His record (entering the 2009-2010 season): 552-197. His .731 winning percentage is tenth among active coaches.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cardinal Rule
2015
filming
Himself
Gone in an Instant
2015
Documentary
Himself
Mike & Mike
2010-2015
TV Series
Himself - University of Louisville Men's Basketball Coach / Himself - Telephone Interviewee
The Rivalry: Red v Blue
2013
Documentary
Himself
Unguarded
2011
TV Movie
Himself
The Untouchables of Kentucky
2010
Himself
Pardon the Interruption
2007-2009
TV Series
Himself
Rome Is Burning
2008
TV Series
Himself
ESPN 25: Who's #1?
2004-2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
SportsCenter
2005
TV Series
Sunday Conversation Guest
16th Annual American Century Championship
2005
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Through the Fire
2005
Documentary
Himself
Beyond the Glory
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2002-2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
He Got Game
1998
Himself (as Richard Pitino)
Charlie Rose
1997
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Blue Chips
1994
Himself (as Richard Pitino)
Hoop Dreams
1994
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
ESPN Outside the Lines Primetime
1993
TV Series
Himself
The Home Show
1992
TV Series
The NBA on CBS
1987
TV Series
Himself - New York Knicks Head Coach
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mike & Mike
2015
TV Series
Himself - University of Louisville Men's Basketball Coach
$25 Million
$6.1 Million
