Pete Carril

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Not to be confused with Pete Carroll.
Pete Carril
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Assistant coach
Team Sacramento Kings
Biographical details
Born (1930-07-10) July 10, 1930 (age 82)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Alma mater Lafayette College
Playing career
c1948–1952 Lafayette College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)


1967–1967
1967–1996
1996-2006
2007
2009-11		 Easton (H.S.)
Reading (H.S.)
Lehigh University
Princeton University
Sacramento Kings (Asst.)
Washington Wizards (Asst.)
Sacramento Kings(Asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Ivy League Regular Season Championship (1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996)
1975 National Invitation Tournament
Records
Ivy League seasons, championships, and wins.
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1997

Peter J. "Pete" Carril (born July 10, 1930) is an American former basketball coach. He is best known for his time as head coach of Princeton University and his use of the 'Princeton offense'. He also coached at Lehigh University and in the NBA as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings.

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Early years [edit]

Carril was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Spanish immigrants to the United States. He is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, where he was an all-state selection for Pennsylvania in the 1947-48 season. He played collegiate basketball at Lafayette College under Butch Van Breda Kolff. While at Lafayette he became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.[1] Following graduation from college he was a teacher and coached high school basketball for 12 seasons at Easton (PA) High School and Reading (PA) High School, where Gary Walters, the current Princeton Athletic Director, and former Princeton point guard, played basketball under him in high school.

College coaching career [edit]

After a year at Lehigh University, Carril moved to Princeton University. In 29 years, he compiled a 514-261 (.658 winning percentage) record, the best of any coach in Ivy League basketball history. He is also the only coach to win 500 games without the benefit of athletic scholarships for his players.[2] He won or shared 13 Ivy League championships and received 11 NCAA berths and 2 NIT bids. The Tigers won the NIT championship in 1975. Carril was noted for a tenacious defense, as his teams were first in the nation in scoring defense for fourteen of his final 21 seasons, including eight in a row, from 1988-1996. In part due to this, his Tigers were known as a very dangerous early-round NCAA opponent.

In 1989, Princeton took second-ranked Georgetown down to the wire before losing, 50-49. Had the Tigers won, they would have been the first #16 seed to defeat a #1 seed since the NCAA began seeding the tournament field in 1979. Seven years later, Carril's final collegiate victory was an upset of defending national champions UCLA in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 1996 by a score of 43-41, in what is considered one of the greatest upsets of all time.[2][3]

The most lasting element of his college coaching legacy is likely to be the increasingly popular Princeton offense, a low-possession offensive system consisting of frequent ball reversal, movement without the ball and back-door cuts which he developed. John Thompson III, a former assistant to Carril, has adopted the Princeton offense at Georgetown and coached the Hoyas to the 2007 Final Four.

Coaching in the NBA [edit]

Carril was an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association for 10 years until his retirement in 2006. When Rick Adelman became Sacramento's head coach before the 1998-1999 season, Carril helped Adelman install the Princeton offense and oversaw the Kings' development into one of the NBA's best, most talented, and most potent offensive teams. With the help of such stars as Vlade Divac, Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, Doug Christie, and Mike Bibby, (2001–2006), Carril showed that the Princeton offense could function in the NBA. In 2007 he volunteered as a coach to the Washington Wizards.[4] He has since rejoined the Kings as an assistant for the 2009 season.

Legacy [edit]

His career collegiate coaching record, including one season at Lehigh, was 525-273. He was enshrined in both the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997, following his retirement from Princeton.

Personal life [edit]

Carril is married to Dolores L. ("Dilly") Halteman. They have a daughter, Lisa, and a son, Peter.

Head coaching record [edit]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Lehigh Engineers (Independent) (1966–1967)
1966-1967 Lehigh 11-12
Princeton Tigers (Ivy League) (1967–1996)
1967-1968 Princeton 20-6 12-2 T-1st
1968-1969 Princeton 19-7 14-0 1st NCAA 1st Round
1969-1970 Princeton 16-9 9-5 3rd
1970-1971 Princeton 14-11 9-5 T-3rd
1971-1972 Princeton 20-7 12-2 2nd NIT Quarterfinals
1972-1973 Princeton 16-9 11-3 2nd
1973-1974 Princeton 16-10 11-3 T-2nd
1974-1975 Princeton 22-8 12-2 2nd NIT Championship
1975-1976 Princeton 22-5 14-0 1st NCAA 1st Round
1976-1977 Princeton 21-5 13-1 1st NCAA 1st Round
1977-1978 Princeton 17-9 11-3 T-2nd
1978-1979 Princeton 14-12 7-7 3rd
1979-1980 Princeton 15-15 11-3 T-1st Lost in Ivy League Playoff
1980-1981 Princeton 18-10 13-1 T-1st NCAA 1st Round
1981-1982 Princeton 13-13 9-5 T-2nd
1982-1983 Princeton 20-9 12-2 1st NCAA 2nd Round
1983-1984 Princeton 18-10 10-4 1st NCAA 1st Round
1984-1985 Princeton 11-15 7-7 T-4th
1985-1986 Princeton 13-13 7-7 T-4th
1986-1987 Princeton 16-9 9-5 T-2nd
1987-1988 Princeton 17-9 9-5 3rd
1988-1989 Princeton 19-8 11-3 1st NCAA 1st Round
1989-1990 Princeton 20-7 11-3 1st NCAA 1st Round
1990-1991 Princeton 24-3 14-0 1st NCAA 1st Round
1991-1992 Princeton 22-6 12-2 1st NCAA 1st Round
1992-1993 Princeton 15-11 7-7 4th
1993-1994 Princeton 18-8 11-3 2nd
1994-1995 Princeton 16-10 10-4 T-2nd
1995-1996 Princeton 22-7 12-2 T-1st NCAA 2nd Round
Princeton: 514-261 310-96
Total: 525-273

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.delts.org/about/famousdelts.html Retrieved 2012-02-19
  2. ^ Carril Is Yoda to Notion of Perpetual Motion - New York Times
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Sactown Royalty :: A Sacramento Kings Blog

External links [edit]

Publications [edit]

  • The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril, Pete Carril and Dan White, New York: Simon & Schuster (1997), ISBN 978-0-684-83510-5.
  • Play to Win: A Profile of Princeton Basketball Coach Pete Carril, Dan White, Prentice-Hall (1978), ISBN 978-0-13-683904-0.
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