"He Was Going to Kill Us": Mark Pope Recalls Rick Pitino’s Chilling Words to Kentucky Team originally appeared on Athlon ...

Rick Pitino told his 1996 Kentucky basketball team that he would kill them if they didn't win every game, according to Mark ...

Mark Pope has never shied away from the expectations at Kentucky. He wants to win national titles. Pope was asked during ...

Championship-winning coaches Rick Pitino of St. John's and Tom Izzo of Michigan State will coach the 2025-26 season as ...

At the end of Kentucky's Big Blue Madness event, Rick Pitino's former player, Mark Pope, introduced Pitino to the crowd Friday night at Rupp Arena.

LOUISVILLE. Rick Pitino looked so young when he arrived in the Commonwealth back in 1989, the bright young star from the Big Apple who would resurrect Kentucky basketball.

Kentucky elected to roll with the mentee instead of the mentor by naming former team captain and BYU head coach Mark Pope as the heir apparent to John Calipari in favor of Rick Pitino, and here is ...

One replacement that has understandably been brought up is Rick Pitino, who coached at Kentucky 1989-97. Pitino now coaches at St. John's, ...

In 36 seasons at the college level, Pitino has an on-court record of 854-306 (.736) during stints at Hawaii, Boston University, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona and St. John's.

We found out in April that Rick Pitino donated to Kentucky Football’s NIL fund. It wasn’t just chump change. During an interview with Matt Jones on the KSR Pregame Show, Pitino said he donated ...

After the win, Coach Pope's former head coach, when he was a player at Kentucky Rick Pitino, had a message. Pitino had this to say to Pope on X, "Congrats Cap. No Surprise to me." ...

But he had an illustrious tenure at Kentucky, guiding the program for eight seasons (1989-90 through 1996-97).. Pitino compiled a 219-50 (81.4%) record with the Wildcats, taking a program that was ...