LEGENDARY BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO TO PUBLISH NO-HOLDS-BARRED BOOK ON THE NCAA’S BIGGEST RECRUITING SCANDAL
With a foreword by NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy, Pitino: My Story by Rick Pitino and Seth Kaufman (Diversion Books, September 4, 2018) offers the hard truth about how college hoops has been pushed to the brink of disaster by greed, bad actors, and shoe company money.
More than 30 schools have been identified in a massive, ongoing FBI and NCAA investigation into athletic recruiting violations, and the Louisville Cardinals’ Hall of Fame coach has decided to lay all his cards on the table in addressing the potentially career-ending charges against him.
“I’m thrilled to publish Rick Pitino’s important story. Not only does it detail the evolution of NCAA basketball to the multi-billion-dollar enterprise it is now, but it’s a master’s course on the art of coaching and recruiting,” said Diversion Books CEO Scott Waxman. “Time and again Pitino has proven himself a champion, and now—with this book—he’s a champion of a truth that can set college basketball free.”
Pitino: My Story spans Coach Pitino’s storied career, which includes taking multiple teams to the Final Four, two National Championships, and head-coaching stints with both the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics. His tenure, however, also witnessed the rise of opportunistic agents, runners and the predatory apparel companies that have influenced the amateur game. Rick Pitino has seen it all, dealt with it all, and now tells it all.