Lou Carnesecca was a New York basketball icon thanks to his days at the helm of the St. John's men's basketball program.

Lou Carnesecca, longtime St. John's basketball head coach and Hall of Famer, died on Saturday at age 99. St. John's said in a statement that Carnesecca

Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John’s coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team’s dazzling Final Four run in 1985, has died at 99, just a few weeks shy of what would have been his 100th birthday.