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26 Mar 2025


NextImg:Richard Pitino expected to take Xavier coaching job to join father Rick in Big East

There will be another Pitino in the Big East next season.

Richard Pitino, the son of St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, is expected to be hired as the next head men’s basketball coach at Xavier, according to ESPN.

The younger Pitino is coming off back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances with New Mexico and will take over the Musketeers after Sean Miller headed to the SEC for the Texas job.

Richard Pitino will be the next Xavier basketball coach. Ken Blaze-Imagn Images

New Mexico, which lost to his dad’s St. John’s team early this season, fell to No. 2 Michigan State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.  

He and his dad will now face off at least twice a year.

St. John's coach Rick Pitino
St. John’s coach Rick Pitino Getty Images

He takes over a Xavier program that finished 22-12 and lost to Illinois in the first round of March Madness.