Overview
- Multiple outlets report Siva will leave Pat Kelsey’s staff to fill an assistant opening on Rick Pitino’s St. John’s staff, taking the spot vacated by Greg Youncofski.
- Siva played for Pitino at Louisville and was part of the program’s back-to-back Final Four runs and the 2013 title run, a history that helps explain the reunion.
- At Louisville Siva was promoted from director of player development to a full-time on-court assistant with duties that included point-guard work, instituting the press, and alumni relations.
- Siva is the third assistant to depart Louisville this offseason, joining earlier exits by Brian Kloman and Thomas Carr and leaving Kelsey with a near-term staffing gap before classes start.
- For St. John’s the hire adds Pitino’s familiar coaching voice and a connector to Louisville’s alumni base, and it raises the prospect of a charged storyline if the teams meet at the Players Era Festival on Thanksgiving.