• Player
• Seasons: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74
• Number: 22
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 0“
• Weight: 165 lbs.
• Hometown: Oyster Bay, NY
• High School: St. Dominic’s
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Birthdate: September 18, 1952

• Played for coach Jack Leaman.
• Led Minutemen in assists during his junior (129 in 27 games, 4.8 avg) and senior (168 in 26 games, 6.5 avg) years.
• In those two seasons, Massachusetts went 41-12 overall, 21-3 in the Yankee Conference, won two conference championships, and went to the NIT each season.
• Teammate of Al Skinner.
• Freshman during Julius Erving's last season.
• Signed his National Letter of Intent on the floor of Madison Square Garden.¹⁾

For more information about Pitino's career after UMass, refer to his Wikipedia page.

• Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2013.⁵⁾⁶⁾

• Gaels take a chance on Pitino and bring him back to NCAA coaching. Hired 3/14/2020.⁷⁾

Coached the Panathinaikos B.C. club in Greece from 2018-20 after being forced out at Louisville.

• Ousted prior to the start of the 2017-18 season as a pay for play scandal became news⁸⁾
• National Championship in 2012-13 season
• Coaches John Calipari and Rick Pitino have a shared past that is ever present (3/31/2012)
• 2012 Final Four foes John Calipari, Rick Pitino united by Jack Leaman (3/31/2012)
• Pitino hearing Calipari's footsteps (3/31/2009)

• Struggled in three and a half seasons at the helm of the Celtics, overall record of 102-146.
• Team never finished with a losing record and missed the playoffs each season.

• Took over for Eddie Sutton, who left Kentucky in scandal. Pitino started at Kentucky facing three years' probation, a two-year ban from postseason play and a ban from live television in 1989–90.
• In Kentucky's return to post-season eligibility in 1991-92, Pitino led the Wildcats to the NCAA Elite Eight, defeating UMass in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Duke on Christian Laettner's last-second shot.
• In the following years, Kentucky reached the Second Round (1993-94), the Elite Eight (1994-95), the Final Four (1992-93), the Championship Game (1996-97), and the NCAA Championship (1995-96).
• Left Kentucky after compiling a 219-50 record.

• Took a 24-58 team from 1986-87 and improved to 38-44 in 1987-88 and a berth in the playoffs.
• In 1988-89, the Knicks went 52-30, and reached the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.

• Took an 11-20 team from 1984-85 and improved to 17-14 in 1985-86, with a trip to the NIT Semi-finals.
• Led by Billy Donovan's 20.6 points and 7.2 assists per game, Providence went 25-9 and reached the NCAA Final Four.

• Served under Head Coach Hubie Brown

• Led BU to a regular season championship (1982-83) and tournament championship (1983).

• Served under Head Coach Jim Boeheim.

• Acted as Interim Head Coach in 1976, compiling a 2-4 record during that brief stint.

UMass is 2-9 against Pitino-coached teams / 3-9 if you include Pitino as an assistant coach.

• Pitino was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2013.⁹⁾

RickPitino.com
Wikipedia – Rick Pitino
Bio from Iona Athletics