The Xavier Musketeers hired New Mexico's Richard Pitino as their next men's basketball coach, the school announced.

Richard Pitino has decided to move on from New Mexico to take the Xavier Musketeers of the Big East Conference, it was announced Tuesday evening. Pitino was the head coach of the Lobos for the past four seasons,

The school has confirmed that Richard Pitino has been hired as the new coach at Xavier. An official announcement from Xavier, which is located in Cincinnati and is part of the Big East, is expected to come Wednesday.

New Mexico basketball star Donovan Dent entered the transfer portal but is keeping a return to the Lobos on the table.

Point guard Donovan Dent, the Mountain West Conference Player of the Year who led New Mexico to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, is transferring to UCLA. Multiple media

He had schools like Duke and Kentucky interested in his services. Former University of New Mexico guard Donovan Dent chose his home state of California in the end, deciding to go to UCLA for his senior season.