Pete Carril

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Peter Carril (born July 10, 1930 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States) is a former professional and collegiate basketball coach.

Carril is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

One of the most successful collegiate basketball coaches in the history of the game, he is known for coaching Princeton University between 1967 and 1996, where he compiled a 514-261 record (the best record of any coach in Ivy League basketball history). Carril is also the only coach to win 500 games without the benefit of athletic scholarships for his players. The most lasting element of his college coaching legacy is likely to be his increasingly popular "Princeton offense."

His Princeton squad defeated defending national champions, UCLA, in March 1996 by a score of 43-41 in what is considered one of the greatest upsets of all time.

Carril was formally an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association.