EXCLUSIVE: Casey Wasserman NOT Backing Rick Pitino for UCLA Hoops Job

Influential UCLA alum Casey Wasserman is not supporting Rick Pitino for the Bruins’ head coaching vacancy.Yesterday, in a piece for Forbes.com, college basketball blogger Adam Zagoria wrote:

Rick Pitino is a top target of influential boosters to be the next head men’s basketball coach at UCLA, an industry source told me.

Casey Wasserman, a billionaire UCLA alum who was influential in the hiring of Chip Kelly as UCLA’s new football coach, and John Branca, a graduate of the UCLA Law School and an entertainment lawyer who is the co-executor of Michael Jackson’s Estate, both want Pitino, the source said.

Obviously, if this were true, it could be an indication on where the search is going and it…