Earlier this month, Pitino was named the co-recipient of the AP Coach of the Year with Auburn’s Bruce Pearl. In March, Pitino received the United States Basketball Writers Association’s Henry Iba Award, which also recognizes the year’s best college coach.

Two days after Rick Pitino was named a co-recipient of the Associated Press National Coach of the Year, he was chosen as the Werner Ladder Naismith National Coach of the Year for the first time. Recently, Pitino was also picked as the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s (USBWA) Henry Iba National 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.