Biographical details | |
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Born | Hillside, New Jersey, U.S. | November 13, 1934
Died | August 30, 2017 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | (aged 82)
Playing career | |
1953–1956 | Vermont |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1956–1959 | Cranford HS (assistant) |
1959–1963 | Hillside HS |
1963–1969 | Lexington HS |
1969–1971 | Stony Brook |
1972–1973 | Penn (assistant) |
1973–1992 | Villanova |
1992–1994 | UNLV |
1996–2003 | Cleveland State |
2006–2017 | Northwood (FL) / Keiser |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 816–462 (college) 160–61 (high school) |
Tournaments | 0–2 (NCAA College Division) 21–10 (NCAA Division I) 4–5 (NIT) 11–7 (NAIA Division II) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NCAA Division I tournament (1985) 3× Eastern 8 regular season (1978–1980) 2× Eastern 8 tournament (1978, 1980) 2× Big East regular season (1982, 1983) 7× Sun Conference regular season (2007–2009, 2011–2013, 2016) 3× Sun Conference tournament (2010, 2012, 2014) | |
Awards | |
2× Eastern 8 Coach of the Year (1977, 1979) Big East Coach of the Year (1982) | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013 |
Roland Vincent Massimino (November 13, 1934 – August 30, 2017) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Stony Brook University (1969–1971), Villanova University (1973–1992), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1992–1994), Cleveland State University (1996–2003), and at Northwood University's Florida campus, which was sold in 2014 to Keiser University (2006–2017). He reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament five times (all with Villanova) and reached the NAIA Semi-final twice.
At Villanova, he led his 1984–85 team to the NCAA championship. Entering the 1985 NCAA tournament as an eight seed, Villanova defeated their heavily favored Big East Conference foe, the Georgetown Hoyas, in the title game. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest upsets in NCAA history.[1]