Pitino, Rick Pitino
Pitino, Rick Pitino
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Pitino
My Story

Author: Rick Pitino, Seth Kaufman, Jeff Van Gundy

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 8 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2019


Synopsis

On September 26, 2017, the biggest recruiting scandal in college basketball history sent shock waves through the world of sports. Caught up in a massive FBI and NCAA investigation―and the intense media spotlight―was Rick Pitino, the Louisville Cardinals’ Hall of Fame coach.Here, from Pitino himself, comes the real story of the ongoing case and the hard truth about how college hoops has been pushed to the brink of disaster by greed, bad actors, and shoe company money.Rick Pitino has spent a lifetime in basketball. He is the recruiting and coaching maestro behind Final Four appearances with three different teams, and National Championships at two of them. He worked the early days of the legendary Five-Star camp and scouted players without the influence of agents, runners, or shoe companies. And he has run today’s recruiting gauntlet of sports apparel marketing, corrupted assistant coaches, unethical youth coaches, and powerful organizations hellbent against him. 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.Pitino is the story of an epic coaching career and the evolution of NCAA basketball to the multi-billion-dollar enterprise it is today. It is also a master’s course on the arts of coaching and recruiting. And in the telling, the one and only Rick Pitino lays all his cards on the table in addressing scandals of his past and the current headline-grabbing investigation that led a packed Board of Directors at Louisville to derail his career.

About Rick Pitino

Rick Pitino coached the Louisville Cardinals basketball team from 2001 to 2017. Prior to Louisville, Pitino was head coach for the Boston Celtics, the University of Kentucky, the New York Knicks, Providence College, and Boston University. He won two NCAA championships, is the only head coach to take three different schools to a Final Four, and was elected in 2013 to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kyle

I received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. The book opens with a few chapters on Coach Pitino's rise in the coaching rankings and how he was able to establish his style and reputation on the court. This was arguably the best part of the book and certainly worth a......more

Goodreads review by Matt

"Its Not My Fault My Employees Were Dirtbags Who Went Totally Rogue (And I'm Innocent): The Rick Pitino Story"......more

Goodreads review by Katie

READ WITH AN OPEN HEART I bet you’ll be surprised with just how human and passionate Coach Pitino is. This book is a great read for not just Cardinal fans but any doubter who thinks they know the whole story. Before you jump to conclusion, hear his side.......more