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 ...

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

Rick Carlisle explains how the Indiana Pacers built a contender by identifying players who are relentless competitors.

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!

After suiting up in college at Maine and Virginia, he played alongside Larry Bird for the 1980s Boston Celtics. As a coach, he has a career record of 993-860 (.536) and ranks second in wins among ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The reporter called out Rick Carlisle. His Indiana Pacers had staged yet another improbable come-from-behind victory in the playoffs, this one in an epic Game 1 of the NBA Finals ...

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle during the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on June 5 in Oklahoma City. Matthew Stockman / Getty Images.

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.

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.