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Luigi P. Carnesecca (January 5, 1925 – November 30, 2024) was an American men's college basketball coach at St. John's University. Carnesecca also coached at the professional level, leading the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association (ABA) for three seasons.
NEW YORK — Lou Carnesecca, the legendary St. John's basketball coach and New York sports icon, has died at age 99. Carnesecca was beloved and turned St. John's basketball into a national treasure.
New York (AP) – Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four run in 1985, has died at 99, just a few weeks shy ...
FILE - St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca is carried by his team after the Redman beat Boston College in the Big East Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden, on March 12, 1983.
St. John's basketball lost a legend on Saturday with the death of former coach Lou Carnesecca. He was 99 years old. Carnesecca coached St. John's for 24 seasons. His career in Queens began with ...
Daly, Brown and Lou Carnesecca are the only Nets coaches to have been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches. [7] [8] [9] Zaslofsky, York Larese, Lou Carnesecca, Dave Wohl, Butch Beard, John Calipari, Tom Barrise, and Kiki Vandeweghe spent their entire coaching careers with the Nets/Americans. [10] [9] [11] [12] [13]
The winningest coach in the history of the men's program, Carnesecca went 526-200 in 24 seasons at St. John's over two stints from 1965-92. He guided the team to five Big East regular-season titles, 18 NCAA Tournament appearances and the 1985 Final Four.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four run in 1985, has died at 99, just a few weeks shy of what would have been his 100th birthday.