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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 16: Assistant Coach Peyton Siva reacts to a play during the first half of the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena on December 16, 2025 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images) | Getty Images
One of Rick Pitino’s beloved former players is reuniting with the Hall of Fame coach at St. John’s.
Louisville basketball icon and assistant coach Peyton Siva is leaving his alma mater to join the Red Storm coaching staff and work under his former head coach Rick Pitino. Siva replaces Greg Youncofski after he departed the program to coach at Xavier with Richard Pitino. The news was first reported by Zach Braziller.
Siva most recently spent the last two seasons as an assistant on Pat Kelsey’s staff at Louisville. He’s best known for his successful four-year playing career with the Cardinals, capped by winning the National Championship with Pitino in 2013. The 6-foot point guard from Seattle, Washington recorded 8.4 points and 4.7 assists per game in 144 games played and 113 starts, and ranks second in career assists (677) and steals (254) among Louisville players all-time.
Following his collegiate career, Siva was selected with the 56th overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2013 NBA draft and made 24 appearances as a rookie before spending the next nine years playing in the G-League and overseas.
The Cardinals legend adds to the championship pedigree on Rick Pitino’s staff, as the Red Storm now have three assistants who have won a national championship as a player. Siva joins Steve Masiello and Taliek Brown, who won titles with Kentucky in 1997 and UConn in 2004, respectively.
Like Masiello, Siva can impart his firsthand experience of playing under Rick Pitino to the Red Storm players, whether that is from training for long hours during the summer, scouting an opponent’s tendencies, or managing the pressure and attention that come with competing for a national title.
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