"His success as an assistant stood out, especially his time working for his father Rick Pitino, at Louisville and Billy Donovan at Florida. "We had tremendous interest in our head coaching position.

New Xavier head basketball coach Richard Pitino credits his father, Rick Pitino ... Plus, he was back in the Midwest and close to Louisville, where he spent two stints on his father's staff ...

Pitino, the son of legendary coach Rick Pitino, spent the past four seasons ... coach for two stints when his dad was the head coach at Louisville – from 2007-2009 and again in the 2011-12 ...

The Xavier Musketeers got their new head basketball coach Tuesday night by hiring New Mexico head coach Richard Pitino to lead the program, according to CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein. Pitino, the son of ...

There is only one Rick Pitino. In the wake of him having had tremendous success this past season at St. John's, as well as at ...

No point in burying the lede: Rick Pitino should get his 2013 NCAA Championship back.

St. John's is coming off of a fantastic second season under Pitino. The Red Storm went 31-5 overall, winning the Big East ...

With Louisville's first basketball campaign under Pat Kelsey having ended too soon for Card Nation, here's a tasty morsel for ...

Louisville basketball is finalizing a home-and-home series with St. John's, starting with a game at Madison Square Garden in ...

John Calipari vs. Rick Pitino for a spot in the Sweet 16. The two Hall of Fame coaches will sport different colors than they wore in their Kentucky-Louisville years. Calipari is now with Arkansas ...

Rick Pitino likes to recount their second meeting, when his Louisville team beat Richard’s Minnesota squad and he got a brush-by handshake. Kidding aside, Rick has heaped plenty of praise on ...