St. John's

Official Name: 
St. John's University
Nickname: 
Red Storm
Mailing Address: 

8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439

Website: 
www.redstormsports.com
Telephone: 
(718) 990-6367
Fax: 
(718) 969-8468
Enrollment: 
18,300
Arena: 

Alumni Hall
Capacity: 6,008
Year Opened: 1961
Madison Square Garden
Capacity: 19,876

School Colors: 
Red and White
Conference: 

Big East (since 1980)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(10) 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, and 2000

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(27) 1951, 1952, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002
27-29 record (.482)
Reached Final Four in 1952 (2nd) and 1985 (T3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(28) 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1989, 1995, 2003, and 2010
46-30 record (.605)
Finished 4th in 1939, 1st in 1943, 1st in 1944, 3rd in 1945, 3rd in 1950, 3rd in 1951, 2nd in 1953, 4th in 1958, 1st in 1959, 2nd in 1962, 1st in 1965, 2nd in 1970, 4th in 1972, 4th in 1975, 1st in 1989 and 1st in 2003

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Lou Carnesecca (24 years from 1966-70 and 1974-92, 526-200 record, .725)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Chris Mullin (2,440 points from 1982-85)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

George Johnson (1,240 from 1975-78)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Bob Zawoluk (65 points as sophomore vs. St. Peter's on 3/3/50)

All-American Selections: 

(23) F Ron Artest (1999), F Walter Berry (1986), C Harry Boykoff (1943), G Reggie Carter (1980), F Mel Davis (1972), C Lloyd Sonny Dove (1967), C LeRoy Ellis (1962), G Hyman Hy Gotkin (1944), G Mark Jackson (1987), F Tony Jackson (1959, 1960 and 1961), F Bill Kotsores (1944), G-F Dick McGuire (1947 and 1949), G-F Chris Mullin (1983, 1984 and 1985), F Billy Schaeffer (1973), F Malik Sealy (1992), G Alan Seiden (1959), C Bob Zawoluk (1951 and 1952)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(3) Harry Boykoff (1943), Chris Mullin (1985), Walter Berry (1986)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(8) Bob Zawoluk (1952), Alan Seiden (1959), Tony Jackson (1960 and 1961), Lloyd Sonny Dove (1967), Chris Mullin (1984), Mark Jackson (1987), Malik Sealy (1992)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Bob Zawoluk (65 vs. Saint Peter's)
March 3, 1950 (sophomore/20.3 ppg)

1

2

Total

St John's

57

48

105

Saint Peter's

19

42

61

St John's

Name

FG

FT

PTS

McGuire

1

1-1

3

Muldoff

1

0-0

2

Dombrosky

0

0-0

0

McCool

0

0-1

0

Tully

1

3-3

5

MacGilvray

0

0-0

0

Zawoluk

25

15-19

65

Fannon

3

2-3

8

McMahon

1

4-5

6

Wassmer

1

0-0

2

Redding

0

0-0

0

Dalton

0

0-0

0

Calabrese

4

3-3

11

Noonan

0

0-0

0

Barreras

1

1-1

3

McAndrew

0

0-1

0

Totals

38

29-37

105

Percentages

.784

Saint Peter's

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Shiel

1

4-4

6

McLaughlin

0

1-2

1

Moriarity

2

4-7

8

McGlone

1

0-0

2

Barry

1

0-1

2

Boyle

1

0-0

2

Bradley

4

2-3

10

Fox

3

1-2

7

McMahan

1

1-1

3

Doherty

1

1-2

3

Smith

5

6-10

16

Degnan

0

1-4

1

Totals

20

21-36

61

Percentages

.583
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Rev. J. Chestnut, C.M.

1

1908

4-8

.333

1908

4-8

P. Joseph Kersey

1

1909

9-6

.600

1909

9-6

Harry A. Fisher

1

1910

15-5

.750

1910

15-5

Claude Allen

3

1911, 1913-14

33-19

.635

1911

14-0

Joseph O'Shea

4

1912, 1915-17

43-27

.614

1912, 1915

.750

John Crenny

9

1918-21, 1923-27

125-86

.592

1925

18-6

Edward A. Kelleher

1

1922

10-11

.476

1922

10-11

James "Buck" Freeman

9

1928-36

177-31

.851

1930

23-1

Joe Lapchick

20

1937-47, 1957-65

335-129

.722

1943, 1945

21-3

Frank McGuire

5

1948-52

102-36

.739

1951

26-5

Alfred "Dusty" DeStefano

4

1953-56

49-38

.563

1953

17-6

Lou Carnesecca

24

1966-70, 1974-92

526-200

.725

1985

31-4

Frank Mulzoff

3

1971-73

56-27

.675

1973

19-7

Brian Mahoney

4

1993-96

56-58

.491

1993

19-11

Fran Fraschilla

2

1997-98

35-24

.593

1998

22-10

Mike Jarvis

6

1999-2004

110-61

.643

2000

25-8

Kevin Clark

1

2004

4-17

.190

2004

4-17

Norm Roberts

6

2005-10

81-101

.445

2007

16-15

Steve Lavin

1

2011

21-12

.636

2011

21-12
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,724-896 (.658) from 1908 through 2011.
  • NOTES: St. John's vacated a total of 46 regular-season victories from 2000-01 to 2003-04 and one NCAA Tournament game in 2002
  • Jarvis had a 2-4 record in 2003-04 when he was fired and succeeded on an interim basis by Clark.