Lou Rossini

Lou Rossini

Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1921-04-24)April 24, 1921 The Bronx, New York
Died	Sewell, New Jersey
Playing career
1940–1942	St. John's
1945–1947	Columbia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1950–1958	Columbia
1958–1971	NYU
1975–1979	St. Francis
Head coaching record
Overall	357–256

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

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Columbia Lions (Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League) (1950–1954)
1950–1951	Columbia	21-1	12-0	1st	NCAA First Round
1951–1952	Columbia	12-10	7-5	4th
1952–1953	Columbia	17-10	8-4	2nd
1953–1954	Columbia	11-13	6-8	5th
Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (1954–1958)
1954–1955	Columbia	17-8	10-4	T-2nd
1955–1956	Columbia	15-9	9-5	T-2nd
1956–1957	Columbia	18-6	9-5	T-3rd
1957–1958	Columbia	6-18	2-12	8th
Columbia:		117-71	63-43
NYU Violets (Metropolitan New York Conference) (1958–1963)
1958–1959	NYU	15-8	2-2	T-4th
1959–1960	NYU	22-5	4-0	1st	NCAA Final Four
1960–1961	NYU	12-11	2-1	T-2nd
1961–1962	NYU	20-5	3-2	3rd	NCAA East Regional
1962–1963	NYU	18-5	3-1	2nd	NCAA East Regional
NYU Violets (Independent) (1963–1965)
1963–1964	NYU	17-10			NIT Semifinals
1964–1965	NYU	16-10			NIT Semifinals
NYU Violets (Metropolitan Collegiate Conference) (1965–1967)
1965–1966	NYU	18-10	7-2	T-2nd	NIT Semifinals
1966–1967	NYU	10-6	6-3	4th
NYU Violets (Independent) (1967–1971)
1967–1968	NYU	8-16
1968–1969	NYU	12-9
1969–1970	NYU	12-12
1970–1971	NYU	5-20
NYU:		185-127	Metro NY: 14-6 MCC: 13-5
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Independent) (1975–1979)
1975–1976	St. Francis (NY)	13-13
1976–1977	St. Francis (NY)	12-14
1977–1978	St. Francis (NY)	16-9
1978–1979	St. 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