Louisville appears to have decided on its next head coach

Louisville appears to have decided on its next head basketball coach, and they’re not going with a Pitino.

Multiple reports on Wednesday said that the Cardinals are set to hire Pat Kelsey to replace Kenny Payne as their head coach.

The 48-year-old Kelsey has been the head coach at Charleston since 2021 after spending the previous 9 seasons as the head coach at Winthrop. He led Winthrop to the NCAA Tournament twice and earned at least a share of the conerence’s regular season title four times.

Charleston went 31-4 last season and 27-8 this season. They reached the NCAA Tournament both years.

Kelsey was a point guard as a player and has been coaching in college since 2004, first as an assistant and later as a head coach. He is known for bringing energy and passion to his programs.

Louisville could use the enthusiasm from someone leading the program. They are coming off a brutal 2-year stretch where they went 12-52.

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