Carnesecca is survived by his wife of 73 years, Mary. This article originally appeared on College Sports Wire: Legendary St. John's basketball coach Lou Carnesecca dies at 99 ...

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won more than 500 games and led St. John's to two Big East tournament titles and a 1985 Final Four appearance, died Saturday at the age of 99.

Despite all that, Carnesecca never took himself too famously. He always believed a rough loss should never get in the way of a glass of Chianti and fettuccini with a Bolognese sauce. He held ...

Lou Carnesecca, the excitable coach of St. John’s University whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s rousing Final Four run in 1985, died Nov. 30 at 99. The university ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca. The excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem ...

Lou Carnesecca, who collected 526 wins during a legendary coaching career at St. John's, died on Saturday. He was 99. Carnesecca was at the helm for 24 seasons, getting two stints with the Red ...

NEW YORK (AP) - In the long and storied history of New York City basketball, nobody wore it quite like Lou Carnesecca. The excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem ...

Carnesecca guided St. John’s to Big East Tournament titles in 1983 and 1986. His teams reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament in 1979 and 1991, and spent more than 70 weeks ranked in the ...

NEW YORK — Lou Carnesecca, the Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach who led St. John’s to a Final Four and to a winning record in each of his 24 seasons leading the program, died Saturday ...