"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.

In between stints at Louisville he was an assistant for one of his ... Smith was an assistant coach under Rick Pitino at ...

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, left, and St. John's head coach Rick Pitino hold their Associated Press Coach of the Year ...

Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Rick Pitino of St. John's are The Associated Press coaches of the year in men's college basketball.

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 ...

Rick Pitino could be making a return to the KFC Yum! Center in the coming seasons.The St. John's head coach and former UofL ...

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