
The award, conceived by former St. John’s player and longtime high school coach Gus Alfieri, was established to recognize basketball coaches who have shown the character and coaching ability of Hall of Famer Lapchick, who coached St. John’s and the New York Knicks.
“There could not be a better time to focus attention on character in sports but the present and Joe Lapchick is the model for the person we should look to,” said Alfieri, who was on Lapchick’s 1959 NIT championship team.
Lapchick, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1959 as a member of the original Celtics, coached at St. John’s from 1936-47 and agai

Summitt is the winningest coach in women’s college basketball history with a 983-182 record in 34 seasons at Tennessee. She has led the Lady Vols to eight national titles, and 100 percent of the players who have completed their eligibility under her have graduated.
Smith led North Carolina to 11 Final Fours and two national championships in his 36 seasons there, compiling an 879-254 record. When he retired, he had the most wins in Division I history, a mark since eclipsed by Bob Knight. Ninety-six percent of the lettermen who played under him graduated.
Carnesecca was also famous for his sweaters.
(Lapchick (c) and Carnesecca photo (that's Lou on the far right) courtesy of New York Times, Dean Smith photo with Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins and Matt Doherty, AP photo by Robert Willett / October 14, 1982, Carnesecca photo courtesy of RedStormSports.com)
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