“Nobody exemplified what the standards of St. John’s stood for more than Lou Carnesecca,” Rick Pitino said Monday.
There’s an extra responsibility that comes with coaching the St. John’s men’s basketball team, one rooted in the precedent that Hall of Famer Lou Carnesecca established during his legendary run.
The younger coach described the St. John’s icon as “very intense,” noting that Carnesecca “hated officials” and would never sit down. “Great games, great coach, great person. One of the few people I’ve met in my life in the coaching profession that nobody ever said a bad word about,” Pitino said. “We could write a book with the bad words about me, but with Lou, nobody would ever say a bad word. Kind person, giving person.
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