University of Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino will serve as the head coach of the Puerto Rico basketball team in two international events this summer.

Pitino will coach the Puerto Rico team in the Pan American Games on July 21-25 in Toronto, Canada. He will also coach the team in a 10-team, pre-Olympic FIBA qualifying tournament in Monterray, Mexico on Aug. 25-Sept. 5, where the top two teams qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In Louisville today for the announcement were Fernando Quinones, President of the Puerto Rico national team selection committee; and Joel Katz, Associate Director of the Puerto Rico national team.

Training for the team will begin July 1 in Puerto Rico. The team will also train in Louisville in early August.

Pitino also expects to take his University of Louisville team to the Bahamas in mid-August on its foreign trip to play a series of games against the Puerto Rico national team and junior team. That opportunity was among the top reasons that Pitino took the position. Details will come at a later date.

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