Rick Pitino coached his first game at Hawaii in 1976, under odd circumstances. Before Pitino ever won a game, a newspaper cartoonisted predicted his great career.

Rick Pitino has excelled at coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, and he gave his comedy chops a try on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” ...

During Pitino's brief time leading Hawaii, it went 2-4 to finish the season. 1976-78: Syracuse, assistant coach Pitino was also an assistant at Syracuse in the start of his coaching career.

After two years at Syracuse, Pitino got his first full-time head coaching gig at Boston University, and the rest, as they say, is history. “We never had a honeymoon to Hawaii, but we’ve had ...

Rick Pitino, 72, has now taken his ... Pitino, with a career .713 winning percentage, has won everywhere since he first became an interim head coach at Hawaii in 1976. Among active Division I ...

Rick Pitino became interim head coach of the University of Hawaii late in the 1975-76 season. He led the Rainbow Warriors for their final six games, notching up a 2-4 record during that period ...

St. John’s Red Storm head coach Rick Pitino had one player in mind when he named who he thinks is the greatest NBA player of all time.

After playing college basketball at the University of Massachusetts from 1971-74, Pitino got his coaching start as the interim head coach for the University of Hawaii back in 1975.

Rick Pitino has excelled at coaching the St. John’s Red Storm, and on Thursday he gave his comedy chops a try during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The first St ...

During Pitino's brief time leading Hawaii, it went 2-4 to finish the season. 1976-78: Syracuse, assistant coach Pitino was also an assistant at Syracuse in the start of his coaching career.

Perhaps, if, in May of 1997, Rick Pitino had resisted the clarion call of the NBA in general and the Boston Celtics in particular, stayed coaching the Kentucky juggernaut he had reconstructed and ...