Ben Carnevale

Bernard Louis "Ben" Carnevale (October 30 1915 – March 25 2008cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncb&id=3314423 |title=Former Navy coach Ben Carnevale dies at age 92 |author=Associated Press |publisher="ESPN.com" |date=2008-03-26 |accessdate=2008-03-27] ) was an American college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching 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 Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970. [ [http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-ben-carnevale.html Bernard L. "Ben" Carnevale] , "Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed August 3 2007.]

Born in Raritan, New Jersey, Carnevale was a graduate of Somerville High School in Somerville, New Jersey. [Frezza Jr., Harry. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0FA2BC26006C27FA&p_docnum=8&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=K45J4ASBMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Raritan man attends Final Four for 57th time"] , "Courier News", April 1 2001. Accessed August 2 2007. "Ben Carnevale, who turns 86 on Oct. 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."] 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. He served as a Navy officer during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart. At the time of his death, he was living in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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* [http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-ben-carnevale.html Basketball Hall of Fame profile]
* [http://www.hoophall.com/genrel/032708aaa.html Basketball Hall of Fame obituary]