Rick Pitino on a potential reconciliation with Louisville: ‘I don’t think it’s going to happen.’

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Rick Pitino enjoyed homecoming weekend at Kentucky, but doesn’t foresee a reconciliation with the other school he coached in the state.

Pitino, now the St. John’s coach, was fired by Louisville in 2017 after multiple scandals, but was essentially exonerated in the pay-for-play scheme by the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) in 2022.

Asked by local TV station WHAS-11 on Saturday if he would ever return to Louisville, Pitino said, “I don’t think it’s going to happen.