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ESPN article
This is an article at ESPN that seems to be a rehash of several articles
on Pitino.
Pitino may leave Celtics after season
SportsTicker
BOSTON -- Rick Pitino, whose collegiate coaching
success has never followed him
to the NBA, reportedly will leave the Boston Celtics at
the end of the season.
Citing sources close to the Celtics' coach and
president, the Boston Globe is
reporting that Pitino told his team he will leave after
the 2000-01 season.
The report says Pitino informed his players after
Monday night's 114-90 loss to the
undefeated Philadelphia 76ers. It was Boston's second
straight defeat and sixth in
eight games.
Pitino won the national championship with Kentucky in
1996 and led the school to
the title game in 1997 before signing a 10-year
contract to become Boston's coach
and president.
However, his second stint as an NBA coach has been a
disappointment as the
Celtics are 94-130 and have no playoff appearances in
his three-plus seasons.
If Pitino leaves after the season, the Globe reports he
will forgo $30 million in salary.
Before the season, he stated he would "fire" himself if
Boston did not make the
playoffs.
Earlier this month, the Sporting News reported that
Pitino was setting the stage for a
takeover of the Indiana University program after Bobby
Knight was fired.
Pitino is 352-124 with three Final Four appearances at
three collegiate stops and just
182-204 in the NBA. He went 90-74 with the New York
Knicks from 1987-88 to
1988-89.
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