LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Rick Pitino isn’t known for looking back.
But in a new interview with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, the Hall of Fame coach took an unusually reflective turn, revisiting the scandal that ended his 17-year tenure at Louisville with fresh candor and an admission that goes further than he’s gone before.
“I deserved to be fired,” Pitino said on an episode of The Andy Beshear Podcast taped in New York on Tuesday. “Because my assistant coaches did the wrong thing. And looking back on it, I learned a valuable lesson: who to hire, who to trust, what to believe in.”…