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Longtime Navy Basketball Coach Carnevale Dies at 92
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Ben Carnevale, the longtime Navy basketball coach who later headed the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee, has died. He was 92.
The Naval Academy released a statement yesterday from Carnevale's family, announcing that he died Tuesday. No cause of death was released. He had been living in Williamsburg, where he was athletic director at William & Mary from 1972 to '82.
Carnevale, born in Raritan, N.J., was a member of New York University's 1935 national championship team. He also played in the first National Invitation Tournament in 1938.
In 1944, he became coach at North Carolina, going 52-11 in two seasons and reaching the NCAA national title game in 1946. Carnevale took over at Navy in 1946 and in 20 seasons became the school's winningest basketball coach, guiding the Midshipmen to a 257-160 record and six postseason appearances.
Carnevale was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.
-- From News Services
