Huskies Try Chip Off Old Block: Northeastern head coach Ron Everhart has announced the hiring of Richard Pitino as an assistant coach on his Huskies staff. Pitino, the son of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino, last season was administrative assistant for the College of Charleston basketball team. Previously, Pitino was a student manager at Providence, and was an assistant coach at nationally-ranked Saint Andrew’s School in Barrington, Rhode Island. Everhart also announced that former Director of Basketball Operations Daryn Freedman was promoted to assistant coach. Freedman previously was operations director at UMass under then-coach John Calipari. [10/23/05]