Pitino Returns To Panathinaikos Until Summer Of 2021
November 27, 2019
4:55 pm
Former NBA coach Rick Pitino has returned to Panathinaikos and signed a contract until the summer of 2021, the Athens club announced on Tuesday.
“I’m not making that much money,” said the 67-year-old former coach of the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks but, he added, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the team owner “gives me respect and control and at my age it is more important than dollars”.
Pitino led Panathinaikos to the Greek league title last season before quitting because he wanted to return to the US.
He said his wife persuaded him to return to Greece.
“She told me you …
