Louisville has made official the news many expected immediately after it was announced that Wyking Jones had taken a job at Cal: Ralph Willard is coming back.
Willard has also served as an assistant on Rick Pitino staffs with with the New York Knicks (1987-89), at the University of Kentucky (1989-90) and at Louisville (2009-10), where he also served a year with the Cardinals as Director of Basketball Operations (2010-11).
"I've asked Ralph Willard to come back for next year as we have a totally new basketball team," Pitino said. "I couldn't afford any other changes, including potentially moving David Padgett up this year because he is invaluable as our director of basketball operations.