Rick Pitino has been named head coach of St. John's on a six-year deal. Pitino had been head coach of Iona since 2020.

Pitino is the only coach to lead three programs to the Final Four (Providence, Kentucky and Louisville), and won national titles with Kentucky and Louisville.

Pitino thanking the Iona administration and his players in a series of tweets Monday.

"... I'm not sad it ended. I'm so grateful it happened," he tweeted, adding: "To my players, the last three years. All I can say is you know how much I love you."