Josh Pittman begins his first season as the interim assistant coach for the men’s basketball team after serving as the assistant at Centre for the past three years.
At Centre, Pittman helped the Colonels win back-to-back SAA regular season championships in 2019 and 2020 and the conference tournament title in 2020. During his tenure at Centre, the team had a 50-15 overall record.
Prior to joining the Colonels, Pittman served for two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Division II Trevecca Nazarene in Tennessee.
Pittman also had stints at Indiana University Southeast and Grand View University. While at IUSE, Pittman helped lead the program to a 48-16 record in his tenure there, including a conference championship.
As an assistant at Grand View, Pittman helped lead the Vikings to the regular season conference championship with a 25-9 record, a 12-win improvement from the previous season. The Vikings qualified for the NAIA Division II National Tournament.
In addition, Pittman spent two years working as a student assistant for Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville. Marvin Menzies, then an assistant coach on the Cardinals staff, asked Pittman to join him when he was named the head coach at New Mexico State. There he Pittman served as the Aggies’ program assistant.
Pittman's coaching career began as a varsity assistant at Christian Academy of Louisville in 2004.
A 2002 graduate of Christian Academy of Louisville, played for one of the winningest coaches in Louisville, Jeff Imlay. He ranks in the top five in school history in points, scoring over 1,000 points.
Pittman earned a B.A. from the University of Louisville in health and sports performance.
