Rick Pitino hasn’t just taken the torch from the late, great Looie Carnesecca, he has fanned the flame of greatness and has revitalized St. John’s.

Earlier today, the Big East announced St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino as their coach of the year. The league also named St.

By then, Father Richard Rock, the campus minister for athletics, had heeded the call from head coach Rick Pitino to snip the final piece of a net that seems destined for memorialization somewhere ...

Then, St. John's hired Rick Pitino away from Iona, and now the Red Storm is one of the best teams in the country. In Pitino's first year in 2023-24, St. John's went 20-13, missing out on the ...

Rick Pitino has won the Big East Tournament three times and owns multiple national coaching awards, but one distinction had eluded the St. John’s coach throughout his Hall of Fame career.

Now? The feeling is impossible joy. The school’s decision two years ago to hire a then 70-year-old Rick Pitino could have been viewed in many ways as an alliance of convenience. The program ...

St. John’s defeated Creighton on Saturday night to earn the school’s first Big East Tournament title in 25 years thanks to Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino, and he plans to celebrate in a big way.

Each time he speaks about playing in the NCAA Tournament, coach Rick Pitino likes to remind everyone that his teams “have lost in the first round.” But the truth is: really not that much.