P. J. Carlesimo
P. J. Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949)
Teams coached: Southern New Hampshire, Wagner Seahawks, Seton Hall Pirates, Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Seattle SuperSonics/OKC Thunder, Brooklyn Nets
Wagner record: 65-93 (.411)
Seton Hall record: 212-166 (.561)
Overall record^: 277-259 (.517)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1989)
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 3 (1989, 1991, 1992)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 1 (1989)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 2 (1979, 1987)
- Big East Regular Season Champion: 2 (1992, 1993)
- Big East Tournament Champion: 2 (1991, 1993)
Awards:
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (1989)
- Sporting News Coach of the Year: 1 (1989)
- Big East Coach of the Year: 2 (1988, 1989)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2012-2013 | Brooklyn Nets (interim HC) |
| 2011-2012 | NJ/Brooklyn Nets (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | Toronto Raptors (asst) |
| 2007-2008 | Seattle SuperSonics/OKC Thunder |
| 2002-2007 | San Antonio Spurs (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Golden State Warriors |
| 1994-1997 | Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1982-1994 | Seton Hall |
| 1976-1982 | Wagner |
| 1975-1976 | Southern New Hampshire |
| 1971-1975 | Fordham (asst) |
P. J. Carlesimo Facts
- Peter John Carlesimo
- Born May 30, 1949
- Hometown: Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Fordham University (BA, 1971)
- Father is the late Peter A. Carlesimo, a former coach and athletic director at the University of Scranton and Fordham University
- Played three seasons at Fordham, two for Ed Conlin and one for Digger Phelps
- Became an assistant there in 1971 for new head coach Hal Wissel, working at his alma mater for four seasons
- Went 14-13 in one season as the head coach at Southern New Hampshire (then New Hampshire College) before taking the same position at Wagner, then new to Division I
- Won 65 games in six seasons at Wagner, helping the Seahawks transition into D-I and the ECAC
- Spent twelve seasons as the head coach at Seton Hall, turning the Pirates program around and becoming a fixture in the burgeoning Big East Conference in 1980’s and early 1990’s
- Led the Pirates all the way to the NCAA title game in 1989 following an upset of the #2 seed Indiana Hoosiers
- Went to six NCAA Tournaments in his final seven years, including a three-year stretch of 23+ wins
- Left for the NBA in 1994, coaching the Trail Blazers for three years and the Warriors for two and a half
- Won three NBA Championships between 2002 and 2007 as an assistant coach for Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs
- Was an assistant coach for Mike Krzyzewski for Team USA in the 1992 Summer Olympics, better known as “The Dream Team”
- Spent one year as the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics and coached for the first 13 games of the next season following the franchise’s move to Oklahoma City
- Later served as interim head coach for the Brooklyn Nets in 2012-13, culminating in a game 7 loss to the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs
- Since 2013, and in between most coaching jobs, Carlesimo works as a television broadcaster and analyst
- Along with his wife, Carolyn, has two sons
P. J. Carlesimo Coaching Tree
- Rod Baker (Delaware 87ers, Harlem Globetrotters, ABA, CBA, UC Irvine)
- Bill Bayno (Loyola Marymount, UNLV)
- Scott Brooks (Washington Wizards, OKC Thunder)
- Rick Carlisle (Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons)
- Adrian Griffin (Milwaukee Bucks)
- Dan Hurley (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Wagner)
- Kerry Keating (Santa Clara)
- Aaron McKie (Temple)
- Doug Overton (Springfield Armor, Lincoln PA)
- Jerry Stackhouse (Vanderbilt, Raptors 905)
- Rod Strickland (LIU)
- Frank Sullivan (Harvard, Bentley)
- Tom Sullivan (UMBC, Manhattan, New Hampshire College)
- Paul Westhead (Oregon (w), Phoenix Mercury, Long Beach Jam, LA Stars)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
