Lou Rossini

Basketball coach
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBasketball coach
PlacesUnited States of America
wasSports coach Basketball coach
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth24 April 1921, New York City
Death21 October 2005 (aged 84 years)
The details

Biography

Lucio "Lou" Rossini (April 24, 1921 – October 21, 2005) was a college men's basketball coach. He compiled a 357–256 record in almost 20 years of coaching, most notably with New York University. Rossini also coached at Columbia University and St. Francis College.
In Rossini's first year as head coach with Columbia University, he guided them to a 21-1 record and a NCAA appearance. After Columbia, Rossini Coached at New York University, leading them to 3 NCAA appearances and 4 NIT bids in 13 seasons. Rossini last coached in the NCAA for St. Francis of Brooklyn from 1975 to 1979 and had a 55-48 record. He also coached the Puerto Rican national team in the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and the Qatar national team in the 1980s.
Two of his best players at NYU were Happy Hairston and Barry Kramer, who starred on the 1963 and 1964 teams. Hairston and Kramer advanced to professional careers. He also coached Puerto Rico's national team at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.
He died at his home in the Sewell section of Mantua Township, New Jersey, aged 84. The cause of death was Alzheimer's disease.

Head coaching record

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Columbia Lions (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1950–1954)
1950–1951Columbia21-112-01stNCAA First Round
1951–1952Columbia12-107-54th
1952–1953Columbia17-108-42nd
1953–1954Columbia11-136-85th
Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (1954–1958)
1954–1955Columbia17-810-4T-2nd
1955–1956Columbia15-99-5T-2nd
1956–1957Columbia18-69-5T-3rd
1957–1958Columbia6-182-128th
Columbia:117-7163-43
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1958–1963)
1958–1959NYU15-82-2T-4th
1959–1960NYU22-54-01stNCAA Final Four
1960–1961NYU12-112-1T-2nd
1961–1962NYU20-53-23rdNCAA East Regional
1962–1963NYU18-53-12ndNCAA East Regional
NYU Violets (Independent) (1963–1965)
1963–1964NYU17-10NIT Semifinals
1964–1965NYU16-10NIT Semifinals
NYU Violets (Metropolitan Collegiate Conference) (1965–1967)
1965–1966NYU18-107-2T-2ndNIT Semifinals
1966–1967NYU10-66-34th
NYU Violets (Independent) (1967–1971)
1967–1968NYU8-16
1968–1969NYU12-9
1969–1970NYU12-12
1970–1971NYU5-20
NYU:185-127Metro NY: 14-6
MCC: 13-5
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Independent) (1975–1979)
1975–1976St. Francis (NY)13-13
1976–1977St. Francis (NY)12-14
1977–1978St. Francis (NY)16-9
1978–1979St. Francis (NY)14-12
St. Francis (NY):55-48
Total:357-256

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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