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Is Richard Pitino related to Rick Pitino? Everything to know of New Mexico, St. John’s coaches
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While legendary coach Rick Pitino and St. John’s were eliminated from the men’s NCAA Tournament with a loss to Arkansas in the second round on Saturday, it’s not the end of the Pitino name in 2025.
Rick Pitino’s son, Richard Pitino, is looking to be the only double-digit seed to reach the Sweet 16 as the head coach of New Mexico. The 10-seed Lobos are hoping to upset 2-seed Michigan State.
Richard Pitino has actually been coaching for quite some time now, as the 42-year-old coach was also the head coach of FIU from 2012-13 before coaching Minnesota for eight seasons. Richard Pitino has been with New Mexico since 2021 and has led the Lobos to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances.
New Mexico defeated Marquette 75-66 in the first round, and Richard Pitino is looking to advance a round further than his dad in 2025.
Here’s everything to know about the father-and-son coaches in the NCAA Tournament:
Are Rick and Richard Pitino related?
Yes, St. John’s coach Rick Pitino and New Mexico coach Richard Pitino are related, as Rick Pitino is Richard Pitino’s father, if it wasn’t obvious by the coaching chops and similar names.
Rick Pitino was also in attendance for the Lobos’ second-round game against Michigan State on Sunday night.
Richard Pitino was an assistant under his father in two different stints at Louisville, serving as an assistant coach from 2007-09 and later as the Cardinals’ associate head coach from 2011-12. In between he served as an assistant coach under Billy Donovan at Florida from 2009-11.
Richard Pitino coaching record
Here’s a look at Richard Pitino’s year-by-year record in college basketball:
- 2012-13 (FIU): 18-14
- 2013-14 (Minnesota): 25-13 (NIT Champions)
- 2014-15 (Minnesota): 18-15
- 2015-16 (Minnesota): 8-23
- 2016-17 (Minnesota): 24-10 (NCAA Tournament Round of 64)
- 2017-18 (Minnesota): 15-17
- 2018-19 (Minnesota): 22-14 (NCAA Tournament Round of 32)
- 2019-20 (Minnesota): 15-16
- 2020-21 (Minnesota): 14-15
- 2021-22 (New Mexico): 13-19
- 2022-23 (New Mexico): 22-12 (NIT first round)
- 2023-24 (New Mexico): 26-10 (NCAA Tournament first round)
- 2024-25 (New Mexico): 27-7
Donovan Dent, who won the Mountain West Player of the Year award with New Mexico this season, is transferring to UCLA.
The 247Sports transfer portal listing confirmed the move on Saturday. He was ranked as the No. 2 player in the portal.
Dent led the Mountain West with an average of 20.4 points and added 6.4 assists. He shot 49 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from 3-point range.
He announced he was entering the transfer portal after New Mexico’s 71-63 second-round loss in the South Region of the NCAA Tournament to No. 2 seed Michigan State.
It’s a homecoming for Dent, who played in high school at Centennial in Corona, about 65 miles from the UCLA campus. Coming out of high school, 247Sports ranked him as the No. 20 point guard in the nation in the 2022 class.
Dent appeared in 104 games (72 starts) over three seasons with New Mexico, scoring 1,400 total points for an average of 13.5 points per game.
–Field Level Media
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Xavier’s season came to an end in Milwaukee Friday night after an 86-73 loss to No. 6 Illinois at Fiserv Forum.
Many Xavier Musketeers fans hoped new head coach Richard Pitino would bring his leading scorer at New Mexico this past season, 6-foot-2 guard Donovan Dent, to XU.
Dent, considered one of the best players available in the transfer portal, announced via Instagram Friday night that he’s headed to UCLA to play for Mick Cronin’s Bruins. Dent is from California.
Joe Tipton reported via Twitter/X that Dent chose UCLA over Kentucky and Gonzaga.
Dent, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, ranked 12th in Division I in scoring with 20.4 points per game. He had 17 points on 8-of-13 from the field and eight assists in New Mexico’s 72-64 win against the Bruins in November.
Dent scored 21 points in the Lobos’ NCAA tournament win over Marquette, and 14 points in their Round of 32 loss to Michigan State.
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