Luigi "Lou" Carnesecca

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Manhattan, NY

Named national coach of the year by NABC and USBWA in 1983, and by UPI and USBWA in 1985
Coach of 1985 NCAA Final Four team
Coach of three NIT semifinalists--1970 (runner-up), 1975 (fourth place) and 1989 (champion)
St. John's all-time winningest coach
Compiled a 114-138 record (.452) with the ABA's New York Nets in three seasons from 1970-71 through 1972-73
Assistant coach at St. John's under Joe Lapchick for seven seasons from 1958-59 through 1964-65
Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991
Final Top 20 Rankings (nine: AP/UPI/USA)--1967 (NR/12), 1969 (8/8), 1976 (NR/18), 1979 (17/NR), 1980 (13/13), 1983 (3/3/8), 1985 (3/3/3), 1986 (4/3/10), 1991 (20/19/7) and 1992 (NR/24/NR)
All-Americans (six): Walter Berry (1986), Reggie Carter (1980), Sonny Dove (1967), Mark Jackson (1987), Chris Mullin (1983 through 1985) and Malik Sealy (1992).

Record:

Season	School	Overall	League	Finish	Conference (Division)	Postseason (Record)
1965-66	St. John's	18-8				NIT (0-1)
1966-67	St. John's	23-5				NCAA (1-1)
1967-68	St. John's	19-8				NCAA (0-1)
1968-69	St. John's	23-6				NCAA (1-1)
1969-70	St. John's	21-8				NIT (3-1)
1973-74	St. John's	20-7				NIT (0-1)
1974-75	St. John's	21-10				NIT (2-2)
1975-76	St. John's	23-6				NCAA (0-1)
1976-77	St. John's	22-9				NCAA (0-1)
1977-78	St. John's	21-7				NCAA (0-1)
1978-79	St. John's	21-11				NCAA (3-1)
1979-80	St. John's	24-5	5-1	T-1st	Big East	NCAA (0-1)
1980-81	St. John's	17-11	8-6	T-3rd	Big East	NIT (0-1)
1981-82	St. John's	21-9	9-5	3rd	Big East	NCAA (1-1)
1982-83	St. John's	28-5	12-4	T-1st	Big East	NCAA (1-1)
1983-84	St. John's	18-12	8-8	T-4th	Big East	NCAA (0-1)
1984-85	St. John's	31-4	15-1	1st	Big East	NCAA (4-1)
1985-86	St. John's	31-5	14-2	T-1st	Big East	NCAA (1-1)
1986-87	St. John's	21-9	10-6	T-4th	Big East	NCAA (1-1)
1987-88	St. John's	17-12	8-8	T-5th	Big East	NCAA (0-1)
1988-89	St. John's	20-13	6-10	T-7th	Big East	NIT (5-0)
1989-90	St. John's	24-10	10-6	4th	Big East	NCAA (1-1)
1990-91	St. John's	23-9	10-6	2nd	Big East	NCAA (3-1)
1991-92	St. John's	19-11	12-6	T-1st	Big East	NCAA (0-1)

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