Rick Pitino

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Pitino
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1952(1952-09-18)
Age	72
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Virgo

Rick Pitino Biography

Rick Pitino is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on September 18, 1952 in New York, United States. He was a college basketball coach who guided three schools to the NCAA Final Four. His first NCAA Championship was with Kentucky in 1996, and his second with Louisville is 2013.

He was a freshman at the University of Massachusetts and was a teammate with “Dr. J. In his freshman year at the University of Massachusetts he was teammates with “Dr. J” Julius Erving..”

Pitino was born in New York City, New York, and was raised in Bayville, New York. He was the team captain of the St. Dominic High School basketball team in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1970. At a listed height of 1.83 m (6’0″) tall, he was a standout point guard for the Minutemen basketball team. His 329 career assists ranked tenth all-time at UMass, as of the 2009–10 season. He led the team in assists as a junior and senior. The 168 assists as a senior is the eighth-best single season total ever there. Pitino was a freshman at the same time future NBA legend Julius Erving spent his junior (and final) year at UMass, although the two never played on the same team because freshmen were ineligible to play varsity basketball at the time. Other teammates of Pitino’s include Al Skinner, who also went on to become a successful college coach, and baseball player Mike Flanagan, who went on to pitch in the major leagues and win the AL Cy Young Award in 1979. Pitino earned his degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in 1974.

Pitino started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Hawaii in 1974, and became a full-time assistant (and interim head coach) in 1975. He was then the first assistant hired by Jim Boeheim in 1976 as Boeheim began his tenure at Syracuse University.

He had six children and married Joanne Minardi in 1976.

Rick Pitino Net Worth

Rick Pitino is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Pitino 's net worth $45 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His coaching career at the University of Hawaii was not a good one. He was cited by NCAA because of violations regarding gifts to players.

He was briefly the coach of the New York Knicks, and the Boston Celtics in the NBA, but was unsuccessful.

Richard Andrew Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for Iona College. He is also the head coach of Greece’s senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University (1978–1983), Providence College (1985–1987), the New York Knicks (1987–1989), the University of Kentucky (1989–1997), the Boston Celtics (1997–2001) and the University of Louisville (2001–2017), and Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and EuroLeague (2018–2020).

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Rick Pitino height 6 ft 0 in Rick weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Rick Pitino Dating?

According to our records, Rick Pitino married to Joanne Minardi. As of December 1, 2023, Rick Pitino’s is not dating anyone.

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Pitino left Boston University to become an assistant coach with the New York Knicks under Hubie Brown. Pitino returned to college coaching to become head coach at Providence College in 1985. Providence had gone a dismal 11–20 in the year before he took over. Two years later, Pitino led the team to the Final Four. That Final Four team featured point guard Billy Donovan, who would go on to be an assistant coach under Pitino at the University of Kentucky and then win back-to-back national championships as head coach at the University of Florida. Donovan is currently the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Pitino celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

Pitino is considered by many to be one of the first coaches to promote fully taking advantage of the 3-point shot, first adopted by the NCAA in 1987. By exploiting the 3-point shot, his teams at Kentucky in the early 1990s were known as Pitino’s Bombinos, as a significant portion of the offensive points came from the 3-point shot. Even now, Pitino’s teams are known for the 3-point threat and all of his teams rank towards the top in 3-point attempts per season.

Why did Pitino leave Kentucky?

Pitino left Louisville after a third major scandal took place under his watch. The final straw was a pay-for-play scandal in which corporate sponsor Adidas allegedly paid $100,000 to a recruit’s family in order for him to come to Louisville. That recruit was later revealed to be Brian Bowen.

What ethnicity is Rick Pitino?

Iona Gaels
Born| September 18, 1952 New York City, New York
Nationality| American
Listed height| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight| 165 lb (75 kg)

What is Rick Pitino salary at Iona College?

With a salary of just over $1 million , Pitino wasn’t interested in taking a huge payday for what is likely to be his final head coaching job.

Did Rick Pitino ever win a national championship?

A native of New York, Rick Pitino is the first and only coach in history to win NCAA national championships at two schools. Pitino has made a ton of stops in his career – Hawaii, Syracuse, Providence, NBA on two occasions, Kentucky, and Louisville.

Where is Karen Sypher now?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Prison locator, Sypher is now assigned to the Residential Reentry Management field office in Nashville , which runs halfway houses in several cities, including in Louisville.