Lucio "Lou" Rossini

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Bronx, NY
  • Directed NYU to runner-up finish in 1966 NIT and third-place finish in 1959. Guided NYU to fourth-place finishes in 1960 NCAA Tournament, 1964 NIT and 1965 NIT
  • Major-college career playing statistics at St. John's under Joe Lapchick in 1941-42 and 1942-43 (2.6 ppg, 71.4 FT%)
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/UPI)--1951 (3/5), 1960 (12/12) and 1963 (9/11)
  • All-Americans (five): Columbia's John Azary (1951) and Chet Forte (1957) and NYU's Tom "Satch" Sanders (1960), Barry Kramer (1963 and 1964) and Mal Graham (1967).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1950-51

Columbia

21-1

12-0

1st

Ivy League

NCAA (0-1)

1951-52

Columbia

16-10

7-5

4th

Ivy League

DNP

1952-53

Columbia

17-6

8-4

2nd

Ivy League

DNP

1953-54

Columbia

11-13

6-8

5th

Ivy League

DNP

1954-55

Columbia

17-8

11-5

2nd

Ivy League

DNP

1955-56

Columbia

15-9

9-5

T-2nd

Ivy League

DNP

1956-57

Columbia

18-6

9-5

T-3rd

Ivy League

DNP

1957-58

Columbia

6-18

2-12

8th

Ivy League

DNP

1958-59

New York University

15-8

NIT (3-1)

1959-60

New York University

22-5

NCAA (3-2)

1960-61

New York University

12-11

DNP

1961-62

New York University

20-5

NCAA (2-1)

1962-63

New York University

18-5

NCAA (1-2)

1963-64

New York University

17-10

NIT (2-2)

1964-65

New York University

16-10

NIT (2-2)

1965-66

New York University

18-10

NIT (3-1)

1966-67

New York University

10-16

DNP

1967-68

New York University

8-16

DNP

1968-69

New York University

12-9

DNP

1969-70

New York University

12-12

DNP

1970-71

New York University

5-20

DNP

1975-76

St. Francis (ny)

13-13

DNP

1976-77

St. Francis (ny)

12-14

DNP

1977-78

St. Francis (ny)

16-9

DNP

1978-79

St. Francis (ny)

14-12

DNP

  • 25-Year Coaching Record: 357-256 (.582) overall
  • 117-71 (.622) in eight years at Columbia
  • 185-137 (.574) in 13 years at New York University
  • 55-48 (.533) in four years at St. Francis (ny)
  • 64-44 (.593) in Ivy League
  • 6-6 (.500) in NCAA Tournament
  • 10-6 (.625) in NIT