 Carlesimo in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 30, 1949 Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Scranton Prep (Scranton, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Fordham (1968–1971) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1971: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1971–2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1971–1975 | Fordham (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | New Hampshire College | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1982 | Wagner | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1994 | Seton Hall | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2007 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | New Jersey / Brooklyn Nets (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Brooklyn Nets (interim) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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As assistant coach:
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| Career coaching record | |||||||||||||||
| NBA | 239–315 (.431) | ||||||||||||||
| College | 277–259 (.517) | ||||||||||||||
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Peter John Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American basketball coach who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years. He is also a television broadcaster and has worked with ESPN, The NBA on TNT, Westwood One, Fox Sports Southwest, Pac-12 Network, The NBA on NBC, and CSN New England.
Carlesimo served as the head coach of four NBA teams, the interim head coach of another NBA team, and was named Seton Hall University's "Coach of the Century". He was an assistant coach for the United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was also an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs team that won three championships between 2003 and 2007.