who was Billy Minardi’s older sister, Joanne. Over time, their bond only got stronger over their shared passion for golf, horse racing, and basketball. So, when Rick Pitino was coaching the ...

Pitino married his high school sweetheart, Joanne Minardi, on April 3, 1976 and spent the first night of his honeymoon in a New York hotel listening to sweet talk - from Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim ...

But his wife, Joanne, made no secret about ... organization to the Pitino family. Rick Pitino's brother-in-law and closest friend, Billy Minardi, was killed in the 9/11 attacks on the World ...