Richard Pitino apparently was looking forward to a University of Louisville run for a national championship. That was until Florida International University came calling:
“They called me last week and I wasn’t really looking to move. I had a great situation at Louisville at the time, I was working for my father, we had a top two or three team coming back and have a chance for a National Championship so I really wasn’t looking to move unless it was a great situation.
“When Pete Garcia called me and I got a chance to come down to FIU, to meet with Pete and the President, I was sold. It’s a beautiful campus, it’s a great academic university and it’s in South Florida. The good thing for me is I worked for Billy Donovan for two years and I recruited the state of Florida a lot. It’s a place that I’m comfortable recruiting, I know they have players for us and I just have to do a good job with my staff and we have to really reach out to everybody in the community and get this going. I know it has a lot of potential and we just have to get to work.”
Now he’s all into head coaching. Interview here.
Well hello, Blanche Kitchen. Thanks for checking in and for all you’ve done for the university, which is considerable.
Congratulations to Richard. I believe he will do a great job for FIU. I wish him the best!