Ben Carnevale

Ben Carnevale
Biographical details

Sport(s)	College basketball
Born	October 30, 1915
Died	March 25, 2008(2008-03-25) (aged 92)
Playing career
1933–1937	NYU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1944–1946	North Carolina
1946–1966	Navy
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a player: 1935 – National Championship Team 1938 – played in the first National Invitation Tournament

Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1970
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006

Bernard Louis "Ben" Carnevale (October 30, 1915 – March 25, 2008)^[1] was an American college men's basketball coach.

Early years

Born in Raritan, New Jersey, Carnevale was a graduate of Somerville High School in Somerville, New Jersey.^[2] He graduated from New York University, where he was a member of the 1935 national championship team and played in the first National Invitation Tournament in 1938. While at NYU he was coached by the legendary Howard Cann. He served as a Navy officer during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart.

Career

Carnevale was the head basketball coach the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1944 to 1946 and the Navy between 1947 and 1967, compiling a 257-160 record despite the Naval Academy height restrictions, at that time 6'5" (1.96 m). Carnevale was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.^[3]

While coaching at UNC, he led the team to their first appearance in the title game. The Tar Heels lost the game to Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State), who won their second national crown under legendary coach Henry Iba.

Personal life

At the time of his death, Carnevale was living in Williamsburg, Virginia.^[1] His son, Mark, is a professional golfer, who has won on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1944–1946)
1944–45	North Carolina	22–6	11–3	4th
1945–46	North Carolina	30–5	13–1	T–1st	NCAA Runners-up
North Carolina:		52–11	24–4
Navy Midshipmen (Independent) (1946–1966)
1946–47	Navy	16–3			NCAA Quarterfinals
1947–48	Navy	10–7
1948–49	Navy	11–10
1949–50	Navy	14–7
1950–51	Navy	16–6
1951–52	Navy	16–7
1952–53	Navy	16–5			NCAA First Round
1953–54	Navy	18–8			NCAA Elite Eight
1954–55	Navy	11–9
1955–56	Navy	10–9
1956–57	Navy	15–8
1957–58	Navy	10–10
1958–59	Navy	18–6			NCAA Sweet 16
1959–60	Navy	16–6			NCAA First Round
1960–61	Navy	10–9
1961–62	Navy	13–8			NIT First Round
1962–63	Navy	9–9
1963–64	Navy	10–12
1964–65	Navy	10–10
1965–66	Navy	7–12
Navy:		257–160
Total:		309–171
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

References

1 2 Associated Press (2008-03-26). "Former Navy coach Ben Carnevale dies at age 92". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
↑ Frezza Jr., Harry. "Raritan man attends Final Four for 57th time", Courier News, April 1, 2001. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Ben Carnevale, who turns 86 on October 30, has had the kind of life some people might call legendary. In fact, when you look at his life, which began in a house just off the last trolley stop on Gaston Avenue in Raritan Borough, you might agree. The 1934 Somerville High School graduate is a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He is also the winningest coach in United States Naval Academy history, a survivor of a ship that was torpedoed during World War II, and somebody who had a lot to do with building the NCAA basketball tournament."
↑ Bernard L. "Ben" Carnevale, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed August 3, 2007.

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North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball head coaches

Nathaniel Cartmell (1910–1914)
Charles Doak (1914–1916)
Howell Peacock (1916–1919)
Fred Boye (1919–1921)
No coach (1921–1923)
Norman Shepard (1923–1924)
Monk McDonald (1924–1925)
Harlan Sanborn (1925–1926)
James N. Ashmore (1926–1931)
Bo Shepard (1931–1935)
Walter Skidmore (1935–1939)
Bill Lange (1939–1944)
Ben Carnevale (1944–1946)
Tom Scott (1946–1952)
Frank McGuire (1952–1961)
Dean Smith (1961–1997)
Bill Guthridge (1997–2000)
Matt Doherty (2000–2003)
Roy Williams (2003– )

Navy Midshipmen men's basketball head coaches

J. Finneman (1907–1908)
Billy Lush (1908–1910)
Bernard Willis (1910–1911)
George F. Jacobs (1911–1912)
Louis Wenzell (1912–1913)
Laurence Wild (1913–1914)
Albert Cohan (1914–1915)
James E. Colliflower (1915–1918)
Billy Lush (1918–1922)
James Allen (1922–1925)
Herb Underwood (1925–1926)
John Wilson (1926–1946)
Ben Carnevale (1946–1966)
Dave Smalley (1966–1976)
Bob Hamilton (1976–1980)
Paul Evans (1980–1986)
Pete Herrmann (1986–1992)
Don DeVoe (1992–2004)
Billy Lange (2004–2011)
Ed DeChellis (2011– )

William & Mary Tribe athletic directors

W. J. King (1901–1905)
J. Merrill Blanchard (1905–1906)
H. W. Withers (1906–1907)
F. M. Crawford (1907–1911)
William J. Young (1911–1913)
Dexter W. Draper (1913–1916)
Samuel H. Hubbard (1916–1918)
Vernon Geddy (1918–1919)
James G. Driver (1919–1923)
J. Wilder Tasker (1923–1928)
Billy Gooch (1928–1939)
Carl M. Voyles (1939–1943)
Rube McCray (1944–1951)
Jack Freeman (1952–1957)
Milt Drewer (1957–1963)
H. Lester Hooker (1963–1971)
Ben Carnevale (1972–1981)
Jim Copeland (1981–1985)
John Randolph (1985–1995)
Terry Driscoll (1995– )

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1970

Players	Bob Davies

Coaches	Ben Carnevale

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (98)

Alexeeva Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Calipari Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gaze Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hatchell Heinsohn Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Leonard Lewis Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nelson Nikolić Novosel Olson Pitino Ramsay Richardson Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Tarkanian Taylor Teague Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens G. Williams R. Williams Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players

Contributors (66)

Players (168)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Dampier Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Guerin Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Isaacs Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Marčiulionis Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers R. Miller Monroe Murphy Page Payton Petrović Phillip Richmond Robertson Rodgers Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Staley Steinmetz Stockton Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West White Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley R. Brown Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Haywood Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson King Lucas Luisetti K. Malone McClain B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen C. Miller Mullin Pettit Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes E. Schmidt O. Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman Walker White Wilkes Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Bellamy Chamberlain Ćosić Cowens Crawford Daniels DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Leslie Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Mourning Murphy Mutombo Olajuwon Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Sampson Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (15)

Bavetta Enright Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nichols Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (10)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team All American Red Heads Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters Immaculata College New York Renaissance Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

Official website

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