Peter "P.J." Carlesimo

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
Hometown: 
Scranton, PA
  • Named national coach of the year by NABC in 1989
  • Coach of 1989 NCAA Tournament runner-up
  • Coach of two Big East Conference Tournament champions--1991 and 1993
  • Assistant coach at Fordham under Hal Wissel for four seasons from 1971-72 through 1974-75
  • Compiled a 183-222 record (.452) as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Warriors in six NBA seasons from 1994-95 through 1999-2000 before becoming an NBA assistant coach
  • Scored seven points in 12 varsity games under Ed Conlin and Digger Phelps
  • Final Top 20 Rankings (four: AP/UPI/USA)--1989 (11/11/2), 1991 (13/11/6), 1992 (19/18/13) and 1993 (6/6/11)
  • All-Americans (one): Seton Hall's Terry Dehere (1993).
Record: 

Season

School

Overall

League

Finish

Conference (Division)

Postseason (Record)

1975-76

N.H. College

14-13

9-1

1st

Mayflower

DNP

1976-77

Wagner

3-21

DNP

1977-78

Wagner

7-19

DNP

1978-79

Wagner

21-7

NIT (0-1)

1979-80

Wagner

14-13

DNP

1980-81

Wagner

16-11

DNP

1981-82

Wagner

4-22

DNP

1982-83

Seton Hall

6-23

1-15

9th

Big East

DNP

1983-84

Seton Hall

9-19

2-14

9th

Big East

DNP

1984-85

Seton Hall

10-18

1-15

9th

Big East

DNP

1985-86

Seton Hall

14-18

3-13

T-8th

Big East

DNP

1986-87

Seton Hall

15-14

4-12

7th

Big East

NIT (0-1)

1987-88

Seton Hall

22-13

8-8

T-5th

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1988-89

Seton Hall

31-7

11-5

2nd

Big East

NCAA (5-1)

1989-90

Seton Hall

12-16

5-11

T-7th

Big East

DNP

1990-91

Seton Hall

25-9

9-7

T-3rd

Big East

NCAA (3-1)

1991-92

Seton Hall

23-9

12-6

T-1st

Big East

NCAA (2-1)

1992-93

Seton Hall

28-7

14-4

1st

Big East

NCAA (1-1)

1993-94

Seton Hall

17-13

8-10

7th

Big East

NCAA (0-1)

  • 19-Year College Coaching Record: 291-272 (.517) overall
  • 14-13 (.519) in one year at New Hampshire College
  • 65-93 (.411) in six years at Wagner
  • 212-166 (.561) in 12 years at Seton Hall
  • 9-1 (.900) in Mayflower Conference
  • 78-120 (.394) in Big East Conference
  • 13-10 (.565) in Big East Tournament
  • 12-6 (.667) in NCAA Tournament
  • 0-2 (.000) in NIT