A Panthers legend is returning to familiar territory, this time as a coach.
Following a news-filled month of April that saw Pitt lose nearly all of its scholarship players to the transfer portal before restocking with new players, coach Jeff Capel made an addition to his staff Friday, hiring Dayton associate head coach Ricardo Greer.
In a text to TribLive, Greer, a New York City native, confirmed he was joining Capel’s staff.
“So excited to be back where it all started for me,” Greer said. “It feels amazing to come back home. Extremely excited.”
The 48-year-old Greer played at Pitt from 1997-2001 under coaches Ralph Willard and Ben Howland and was a two-time All-Big East selection. His 1,753 points rank eighth in program history. He also collected 888 rebounds.
As a junior and senior, Greer led the Panthers in scoring and rebounding.
As associate head coach, Greer will assume the same role he has held under Anthony Grant at Dayton since 2021.
Greer had been on staff at Dayton since 2017 and was involved heavily in the Flyers’ recruiting efforts.
He replaces Tim O’Toole as Pitt’s associate head coach. O’Toole was not retained after Pitt stumbled to a 13-20 (5-13 ACC) record last season. Assistant Jason Capel, Jeff’s brother, also will not return, but Pitt has yet to hire his replacement.
Greer will be far from the only new face at Pitt for the 2026-27 campaign.
Gone from a season ago are guards Brandin Cummings, Nojus Indrusaitis and Omari Witherspoon, plus forwards Roman Siulepa, Papa Amadou Kante and Henry Lau, in addition to center Kieran Mullen, all of whom transferred.
Capel has brought in an incoming transfer class of Georgia Tech big man Baye Ndongo, forward Dominique Diamante (BYU/Washington) and guards Naithan George (Syracuse/Georgia Tech), Jonathan Powell (North Carolina/West Virginia), Jalil Bethea (Alabama/Miami), A’Lahn Sumler (Charleston Southern) and Colin Hawkins (Gardner-Webb).
Before joining Dayton’s staff, Greer got his coaching start as Central Florida’s director of player development for two seasons.
After his collegiate playing days, Greer embarked on a 14-year playing career in Europe.
Playing primarily in France, Greer was a five-time All-Star in the Betclic Elite (then known as the LNB Elite) and won two French Pro A championships (2005, 2008) among a host of individual accolades.
From 1999-2009, Greer was a member of the Dominican Republic national team.
