Andy Russo Explained

Andy Russo
Birth Date:27 May 1948
Player Years1:1966–1970
Player Team1:Lake Forest
Coach Years1:1976–1979
Coach Team1:Panola College
Coach Years2:1979–1985
Coach Team2:Louisiana Tech
Coach Years3:1985–1989
Coach Team3:Washington
Coach Years4:1989–1991
Coach Team4:Reyer Venezia
Coach Years5:1991–1999
Coach Team5:Florida Tech
Coach Years6:1999–2003
Coach Team6:Lynn
Overall Record:376–253
Championships:2 Southland tournament (1984, 1985)
Southland regular season (1985)
European Cup (1990)
Awards:2x Southland Coach of the Year (1983, 1985)
Sunshine State Coach of the Year (1994)

Andy Russo (born May 26, 1948) is a former college basketball coach at Louisiana Tech and at Washington. He compiled a 60–61 record through four seasons at Washington, and resigned at the end of the 1988-89 season after he led the Huskies to a pair of NCAA post season appearances and one NIT tournament during his tenure.[1] Russo enjoyed greater success at Louisiana Tech. In 1983, Russo's Bulldogs team ended Lamar University's home game winning streak, thus earning the university's first NCAA men's bid to the "Big Dance." During the 1984 season, Louisiana Tech went 29–3, and had the best season in school history. His overall record at Louisiana Tech was 122–55.

As a collegiate player, Russo co-captained the Lake Forest College basketball team in 1970 with Mike Maiman.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Washington coach Russo calls it quits. pqarchiver.com. 2017-07-05. 2012-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020214924/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24696964.html?dids=24696964:24696964&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+23,+1989&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Washington+coach+Russo+calls+it+quits&pqatl=google. dead.
  2. Web site: Forester Athletic Hall of Fame . July 24, 2012.