Former Louisville coach Rick Pitino said, "I'm finished coaching" when he appeared on ESPN's Get Up Wednesday morning.
Pitino has not been on a sideline since he was fired in October 2017 "with just cause" in relation to a federal investigation into bribery and corruption in college basketball. Pitino's program was linked to the investigation through Adidas, who allegedly paid $100,000 to the family of five-star recruit Brian Bowen so he would attend Louisville.
Pitino, who is promoting his new book "Pitino: My Story", said on Wednesday that he passed a lie detector test about his knowledge of potential payments to recruits, "saying I knew nothing about any money given to anybody.