Lou Carnesecca, the Hall of Fame coach who took St. John’s University to national basketball prominence and who was known for his quick wit and colorful courtside persona, died on Saturday.

Lou Carnesecca, the charismatic basketball coach who brought St. John’s to national prominence and became one of the faces of the Big East’s golden era, died Saturday at age 99.

After his passing Saturday at age 99, former St. John’s basketball coach Lou Carnesecca was hailed as a prodigious winner, a first-rate character, and a founding godfather of the Big East ...

St. John's Hall of Fame basketball coach Lou Carnesecca dies at 99 02:01. NEW YORK — Lou Carnesecca, the legendary St. John's basketball coach and New York sports icon, has died at age 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.

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

Lou Carnesecca dies at 99: Legendary St. John's basketball coach led Red Storm to 526 wins across 24 seasons A huge personality in the Big East, Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Memorial ...

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, the university ...

Lou Carnesecca was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, making him one of dozens of college coaches honored. His numbers during 24 years at St. John’s made him an easy choice.

Carnesecca went 526-200 for St. John's from 1965-70 and 1973-92. In between, he coached the Long Island-based New York Nets for three seasons, going 114-138 and reaching the 1972 ABA Finals before ...

Hall of Fame men's college basketball coach Lou Carnesecca, who won 526 games during a legendary career at St. John's, died on Saturday. He was 99.

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.