Over the course of a 30-minute interview, Pitino fluctuated between loyalty to Iona and openness to one more big challenge. That openness is obvious and understandable. This is Rick Pitino after ...

The reign of Rick Pitino's coaching career dates to well before his three seasons at Iona. After growing up ... huge sports fan based out of the South Jersey area in the United States.

comes over from Iona, where he posted a 64-22 record and two tournament appearances in three seasons. St. John’s college basketball head coach Rick Pitino holds up a jersey after being ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The basketball gods must have an affinity for sportswriters, because the fact we are going to get Rick ... the New Jersey Nets (Calipari) and Boston Celtics (Pitino).

After a disappointing early exit from last season's MAAC Tournament, head coach Rick Pitino is feeling ... is unclear for now. Pitino, who has previously said Iona would be his final coaching ...

Following Iona’s 87-63 loss to the UConn Huskies on Friday, Pitino was asked whether the first-round loss was his last as head coach of the Gaels. "I really don't have an answer to it ...

Rick Pitino wasn’t ... NCAA championship in 1996, giving Pitino his first title. The following season, Calipari became the head coach of the then-New Jersey Nets. A year later, Pitino, too ...

Rick Pitino is in his third season at Iona and has been mentioned as a candidate for bigger jobs. The former Louisville and Kentucky coach has Iona on track for its second NCAA Tournament ...

By Adam Zagoria ALBANY, N.Y. — Rick Pitino ... No. 13-seeded Iona Gaels lost to the University of Connecticut, 87-63, in the first round of the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, Pitino shook hands ...

Pitino's absence can easily be explained as he's currently the head coach of Iona and his Gales played at home Friday in New Rochelle, New York and will play again tomorrow in New Jersey at Saint ...

This year's NCAA tournament will deliver a top-tier coaching matchup in the round of 32 when Rick Pitino's St ... matchups while he led the New Jersey Nets. Pitino returned to college in 2001 ...