He was the head coach of several teams in ncaa division i and in the nba, including boston university 19781983, providence college 19851987, the new. In what is almost certainly a coincidence and not at all a product of a notoriously calculated, petty former head coach being calculated and petty, rick pitino released a lengthy statement friday. Pitino, 65, coached louisville for 16 seasons and was inducted into the hall of fame in 20. The pitinosypher case goes to court, and the details don. Richard pitino establishing full court pressure defense. Pitino said at a wednesday press conference in new york that he takes full responsibility for hiring former director of basketball operations andre mcgee and. He is the son of former louisville head coach rick pitino. Press defense rick pitino to be a good pressing team, you do not need gifted athletes.
So each player has a man, but must also trap in the traditional trapping zones of a 221. As rick pitino says, great leaders arent born great. Rick pitino held a press conference this afternoon in which he basically encouraged folks to turn away from this story. Great anticipation his defense is not man defense it is ball defense. Rick pitino responds to failed ncaa appeal on sex scandal. Rick pitino fired as louisville basketball coach amid. To be a good pressing team, you do not need gifted athletes.
He led the cardinals to three elite eights, two final fours and one national championship, but because. The lists are all impressive, but they pale in comparison to pitinos. Rick pitino is going to be louisvilles head basketball coach for the 201516 season. Rick pitino press defense basketball coaching notes. Rick pitino says i think im done with coaching duration. Rick pitino receives a pregame introduction at a louisville cardinals basketball home game in late 2015.
Basketball defense matchup press defense, coachs clipboard. From the time pitino first became a coach at twentyfour, he has been a student of leadership in all its forms, studying how great leaders from legendary coaches to american presidents to world. Heres why the former cardinals coach is taking a gamble. Certain teams, such as those coached by rick pitino and billy donovan, are known for applying. Thats exactly why ive assembled together some of his most dominant plays across 52 set plays and 124 pages of pure gold, including. Rick pitinos career may have come to a sad close wednesday afternoon. Rick pitino and the evolution of the microwave society. Ball defense rick pitino to play outstanding defense you do not need to be an outstanding athlete. The louisville mens basketball coach, along with louisville athletic director tom jurich, have been. Dear coach pitino, when i was seven years old and basketball meant the world to me, i discovered born to coach, the book you wrote chronicling your first season leading an nba team. Simply, rick pitino s system is a defense driven system in which a fullcourt match up press is utilized in conjunction with an unique matchup zone defense designed to confuse the opposing team. Simply, rick pitinos system is a defense driven system in which a fullcourt match up press is utilized in conjunction with an unique matchup zone defense designed to.
The matchup press is a more complicated system of presses, more difficult to learn than a zone press, and involves a fair amount of practice time. Referring to the expectations of boston celtics fans and media, pitino challenged each of them to let go of. Rick pitino has seen it all, dealt with it all, and now tells it all while offering his take on what needs to be done to save the game he loves. As a former radio and tv host in louisville, kentucky, who still has prominent friends in the city, i have watched closely as this greek tragedy involving basketball legend rick pitino has unfolded ov. Richard william pitino born september 16, 1982 is the head coach of the university of minnesota golden gophers mens basketball team. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the university of louisville. Sebastians school in needham, massachusetts, richard pitino earned a bachelor of arts degree in history at providence college in 2005. Louisville cardinals playbook download winning hoops. A technicality has saved rick pitino from officially being fired. Louisville president greg postel is holding a press conference discussing the future of mens basketball coach rick pitino and athletic director tom jurich.
How the news media enabled rick pitinos scandals at. Rick pitino press defense mens basketball hoopscoop. Video karen sypher tapes released and rick pitino press. The oneday contract rick pitino macmillan macmillan publishers. Basketball defense press defenses, coachs clipboard. Louisvilles full court matchup press against morehead st. Tom brady walked into wrong tampa house, and because hes white, he didnt get killed.
Coaches, just click on the pdf link to download the basketball coaching notes. Learn how to be a leader from one of sports greatest teachers, rick pitino. Much to the chagrin of the microwave society or whatever the next step up from that is, this is going to be. Louisville mens basketball coach rick pitino updates the media on his 201718 team. Pitinos secretand the reason he has become both a great coach and one of the most soughtafter motivational speakers in the nationis his strategy of overachievement. It is also a masters course on the arts of coaching and. Rick pitino releases statement right as louisville. Matchup press defenses our matchup press defense is a more complicated system of presses compared to simple zone presses and involves a fair amount of practice time. An extensive look at rick pitinos defensive system card. Pitinos professed ignorance rang hollow come thursday, when cbs news and espn both identified him as the unnamed coach2. University of louisville mens basketball coach rick pitino at a press conference addressing the universitys selfimposed oneyear ban from postseason play. Rick pitino is reportedly out as the coach of the louisville mens basketball team after a federal investigation into fraud and corruption multiple college athletics programs was announced. The twoway the hall of fame coach had been on unpaid administrative leave. The article louisvilles pressure defense creates victories from the new york times said this.
We begin teaching this system at the freshmen and jv levels, and finetune it at the varsity level. Rick pitino is famous as one of the most dynamic and successful basketball coaches of our time, leading the. Rick pitino is under fbi investigation for his role in. Rick pitino fired as louisville basketball coach amid massive bribery probe. At the high school level, coach keith haske has developed a complete system of matchup presses, applicable for athletic high school teams. Richard andrew pitino born september 18, 1952 is an american professional basketball. Coach pitino starts his practice with a full court 3 on 3 drill with emphasis being on ball pressure and making the ball handler turn as much as possible. A desire to excel beyond everyones norm change your presses 1. If this was it, the hall of fame coach raised on long island wasnt on the court barking out instructions when the clock. I found an article written by dana oneil of espn in 2010 in which she breaks down the coaching trees of some of the biggest names in college basketball. With a pressure defense as good as this, you might assume that pitino focuses on steals.
A fullcourt press is a basketball term for a defensive style in which the defense applies. Smarts primary weapon is a mantoman full court trapping press that was rather popular 20 years ago when rick pitino was using it to terrorizing opponents of the kentucky wildcats. Man to man you are not going to keep a great scorer from scoring. He is also the head coach of greeces senior national team. Rick pitino born september 18, 195219520918 is an american basketball coach.
Break any basketball fullcourt press with this play and. See more ideas about rick pitino, louisville cardinals and basketball coach. On the surface, it appears to be your average 221 press, but its much more than that, its a matchup press in that in addition to maintaining the 221 form, they also man up. Pitino is the story of an epic coaching career and the evolution of ncaa basketball to the multibilliondollar enterprise it is today. Rick pitino press defense coaches, just click on the pdf link to download the basketball coaching notes. It has the advantage of always having pressure on the ball no matter what pressbreaker the offense uses. The last temptation of rick pitino by michael sokolove.
Pitino made so many preseason moves that they started with just three incumbents antoine walker, dee brown and dana barros and played 19 different guys in all, but they still finished 3646 with a group of rookies and castoffs, as well as antoine shooting 42 percent. Rick pitino is under fbi investigation for his role in corruption case. He constantly stresses having a lot of ball pressure at all times a hallmark of being a good pressing team. The incredible rise and fall of long island kid rick pitino. Rick pitino has been able to roam the sidelines as louisvilles iconic mens basketball coach, even defiantly at times, holding onto his job amid a series of highly em.
The former coach has written a new memoir addressing the scandals that plagued his tenure. Louisville mens basketball coach rick pitino updates the media on his 2017. For rick pitino, the first coach to bring teams from three different schools to the final four, success isnt about shortcuts. Rick pitino is a basketball genius that knows how to win. Rick pitino maintains innocent amid ongoing louisville. At the high school level, coach keith haske has developed a complete system. Fc rick pitino press conference today regarding louisville title loss discussion in bwi mcandrew board started by psu00, feb 21, 2018. Louisville coach rick pitino has his assistants chart deflections whenever his team takes the court, whether for practice or for games.
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