Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle. Photo: Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire. I reported last week, ahead of the NBA Finals Game 7, that the sense on Rick Carlisle from the UVA Basketball community ...

What seemed like a routine observation from Indiana Pacers coach and UVA alum Rick Carlisle spoke to everything Ryan Odom is yearning to accomplish as he takes over the Cavaliers.

Despite the Cavaliers losing their best three-point shooter in Isaac McKneely, who shot 42.1% last season, there's an ...

Rick Carlisle is one of the better coaches in NBA history, and his influence has helped others get a job on the sidelines.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle stands on the sideline before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA basketball playoffs against the New York Knicks in Indianapolis, Saturday ...

There were Walker, Carlisle and Odom’s father, Dave, a Virginia assistant coach during the 1980s, each back for another look. “My first reaction was, ‘No way! That’s Rick Carlisle!

Carlisle went to prep school for a year before starting his college playing career at Maine, his lone Division I offer. He wound up eventually transferring to Virginia and playing alongside Ralph ...

Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is a product of upstate New York. ... He wound up eventually transferring to Virginia and playing alongside Ralph Sampson. “Changed my life forever,” Carlisle said.

That ride is probably a reason why Carlisle — the Indiana Pacers coach — is at the NBA Finals for a sixth time as a player, assistant coach and now a head coach. The story behind the ride is ...

Indiana coach Rick Carlisle is a product of upstate New York. His hometown didn't even have a way for him to watch NBA games as a kid. The family had to drive to a nearby town to make that happen.