Cardinals Rule “I don’t know if I could live without basketball. Even broadcasting, I wouldn’t have the highs and the lows and I guess every coach lives for that.”
- Rick Pitino
Champs Facts
• Prior to Louisville, Pitino served as coach at Boston University, Providence College, and the University of Kentucky. He also coached the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks in the NBA. • Pitino won the NCAA Championship in 1996 as head coach at the University of Kentucky. • Rick is the first men’s basketball coach to win a national championship at two different schools. 10
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• In 2001 Rick had actually agreed to become the Head Coach at Michigan before his wife talked him into backing out of the agreement and instead take the job at Louisville.