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Rhode Island denies Pitino report, demands retraction of story

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The University of Rhode Island not only denied Tuesday a report that they were interested in hiring Rick Pitino as their men's basketball coach, but they demanded the initial report be retracted.

The original story by GoLocalProv claimed that Rams athletic director Thorr Bjorn offered Pitino the job vacated by Dan Hurley's departure for Connecticut, but that university president David Dooley killed the deal.

Pitino wants to get back into coaching after being fired by Louisville, and has said he doesn't care what level it's at. In the meantime, he's reportedly been offered a position in New Zealand.

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