Assistant David Padgett has been named the acting head coach of the Louisville Cardinals, the university announced Friday.
Padgett takes over for Rick Pitino, who was placed on unpaid administrative leave after being linked to a corruption scandal that rocked college basketball earlier this week.
Padgett finished his playing career under Pitino and the Cardinals after starting out at Kansas. He sat out Louisville's first Final Four run under Pitino in 2005 and its first appearance in the national semifinals since the 1986 national title run due to NCAA rules for transfers. He averaged 11.2 points, 4.