Richard Pitino
| Richard Pitino | |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Minnesota men's basketball |
| Record | 15–6 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 16, 1982 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2009 2009-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-present |
Coll. of Charleston (admin. asst.) Northeastern (asst.) Duquesne (asst.) Louisville (asst.) Florida (asst.) Louisville (associate head coach) FIU Minnesota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 33–20 |
Richard William Pitino (born September 16, 1982) is the head coach of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team in the Big Ten conference. He is the son of Louisville's head coach, Rick Pitino. After attending St. Sebastian's School in Needham, Massachusetts, Richard Pitino earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history at Providence College in 2005. During his time at Providence, Pitino was the manager for the Friars men's basketball team under Tim Welsh. For two years, he also served as an assistant coach for Saint Andrew's School in nearby Barrington, Rhode Island.
In 2004-2005, he worked as an administrative assistant under Tom Herrion at the College of Charleston. In 2005, he was hired by coach Ron Everhart to serve as assistant coach at Northeastern University and followed Everhart to Duquesne University the following year. He was hired on at Louisville in April 2007.[1]
He left the University of Louisville and accepted a position at the University of Florida on April 17, 2009.[2]
He left Florida on April 12, 2011, to become the associate head coach at Louisville.
Head Coaching Career
Florida International University
Pitino left his position as the associate head coach at Louisville to become the head coach at FIU on April 15, 2012. [3] With only six players remaining from the previous season, and not all of them on scholarship, Pitino cobbled together a team and coached a high-pressure defense that finished eighth in the nation in steals. He was able to compile an 18-14 record (11-9 in the Sun Belt conference) in his only season as head coach. His FIU team set a record for the best conference record in school history. Additionally, FIU reached the Sun Belt Tournament Title game as a four seed, before falling to Western Kentucky in the tournament championship game, 65-63.
University of Minnesota
On April 3, 2013, Richard Pitino was hired to become the next head coach at the University of Minnesota[4] replacing Tubby Smith.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| FIU Panthers (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–2013) | |||||||||
| 2012–2013 | FIU | 18–14 | 11–9 | 5th (East) | |||||
| FIU: | 18–14 | 11–9 | |||||||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Minnesota | 15–6 | 4–4 | ||||||
| Minnesota: | 15–6 | 4–4 | |||||||
| Total: | 33–20 | ||||||||
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National champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference tournament champion
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References
- ↑ Pitino Announces Three Men's Basketball Staff Revisions :: www.UofLSports.com
- ↑ Richard Pitino accepts assistant job at Florida
- ↑ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7816714/richard-pitino-coach-florida-international-father-rick-pitino-says
- ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/rick-pitino-on-his-son-richard-getting-the-head-job-at-minnesota-hes-more-than-ready/2013/04/04/d2371770-9d5b-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html
External links
- Player bio at Duquesne University
- Player bio at the University of Louisville
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