Rick Pitino Apologizes For "Letting Family Down" With Karen Sypher Affair, AD Tom Jurich & U Of L President Jim Ramsey "Close[] Chapter To Move On".

U of L coach Rick Pitino apologized for a sordid affair six years ago at a press conference Wednesday, saying he let his family down, and vowed to continue coaching at Louisville “for as long as they will have me.”

U of President James Ramsey and Athletic Director Tom Jurich released Prepared statements which were distributed at the press conference.

“Regardless of the truth or falsehood of specific actions that have been attributed to the coach, he's clearly made errors in judgment that have come under intense public scrutiny. We can't ignore these errors in judgment, and the have saddened and disappointed me. As we try to teach our students, when you make a mistake, you admit it and right it as best you can.

“Coach has done that today,” Ramsey said in the statement. “We hope this closes this chapter; we're all ready to move on.”

Jurich's statement said: “I'm a million percent behind him … I expect Coach Pitino to be the head coach at the University of Louisville for a long time.

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Editor's comment: NOW lets re-direct our efforts and whatever else towards the REAL culprit in this case -- the WHORING gold digger, Karen Sypher, and her crime and punishment.