LEXINGTON, Ky. — In what may or may not be the final act for Rick Pitino, the site is the perfect fit.
As of Tuesday, the former Kentucky basketball coach is the new basketball coach at St. John’s University. It’s the latest and possibly last stop for the 70-year-old Pitino, whose career has stretched from Boston University, to Providence, to the NBA’s New York Knicks, to Kentucky, to the NBA’s Boston Celtics, to Louisville, to Iona and now the New York school for the native New Yorker.
The landing spot is made to order. Once a basketball power, St. John’s hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2000. Meanwhile, Pitino has won most everywhere he’s been, and won big, with a pair of national championships on his resume, even if one was vacated.
