St. John's coach Rick Pitino, who previously led the Knicks from 1987-89, says he's "absolutely not" interested in coaching the team again in the wake of Tom Thibodeau's firing.

Rick Pitino won’t be returning to the New York Knicks. “Absolutely not,” he said on Wednesday night during the New York Yankees’ matchup with the Cleveland Guardians, where he threw out ...

Rick Pitino can be scratched off the list of candidates for the New York Knicks ' coaching vacancy. The St. John's men's basketball coach was asked if he would make his return to the NBA on ...

St. John's Rick Pitino is not interested in Knicks coaching job St. John's Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino during the Big East Tournament Final at Madison Square Garden on March 15, 2025.

He went 24-23 in the playoffs with New York. Pitino, 72, previously led the Knicks from 1987 to 1989, compiling a 90-74 record and making two playoff appearances.

Pitino, of course, coached the Knicks from 1987 to 1989, raising their record from 38-44 in Year 1 to 52-30 in Year 2 before resigning to take the job at Kentucky.

Coaching professionally is the goal for a lot of guys, but it doesn’t sound like Rick Pitino is one of them. He is perfectly content with his job at St. John’s, and it feels like big things ...

Over the course of his career, Bird averaged 24.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, and 6.3 assists per game. He retired in 1992, five years before Rick Pitino took over as head coach of the Celtics in 1997.

St. John's is Pitino's sixth full-time men's college basketball head-coaching gig, with the Hall of Famer previously coaching three seasons at Iona before leaving for Queens in March 2023.

Pitino also touched on the most underrated star of all time, naming Larry Bird. "Also many will be surprised at this, but the most underrated star of all time is Larry Bird," Pitino added.

Former Boston University men’s basketball coach and current University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino has accumulated many accolades in his storied career: seven Final Four appearances, one national ...