Rick Pitino admitted Friday his future at Louisville is unclear in the wake of a messy scandal that prompted the Cardinals to enforce a self-imposed postseason ban stemming from a slew of rules violations that allegedly included providing an escort service for visiting recruits.
Pitino, the Cardinals’ head coach since 2001, believes he’ll be around the remainder of the season but indicated he’d step away if his presence was no longer a positive for the program, according to Eric Crawford of WDRB in Louisville:
Well I’m hoping to get through this season before I die.