Andy Russo

Andy Russo

Biographical details
Born	(1948-05-27) May 27, 1948 (age 76)
Playing career
1966–1970	Lake Forest
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1979	Panola College
1979–1985	Louisiana Tech
1985–1989	Washington
1989–1991	Reyer Venezia
1991–1999	Florida Tech
1999–2003	Lynn
Head coaching record
Overall	376–253
Accomplishments and honors
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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Panola College (NJCAA Region XIV Athletic Conference) (1976–1979)
1976–77	Panola College
1977–78	Panola College
1978–79	Panola College				Region XIV Champions; NJCAA National Tournaments
Panola College:		47–18
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Southland Conference) (1979–1985)
1979–80	Louisiana Tech	17–10	10–5
1980–81	Louisiana Tech	20–10	7–3
1981–82	Louisiana Tech	11–16	2–8
1982–83	Louisiana Tech	19–9	8–4
1983–84	Louisiana Tech	26–7	8–4	3rd	NCAA Division I second round
1984–85	Louisiana Tech	29–3	11–1	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
Louisiana Tech:		124–55	48–25
Washington Huskies (Pac-10 Conference) (1985–1989)
1985–86	Washington	19–12	13–5	2nd	NCAA Division I first round
1986–87	Washington	20–15	10–8	3rd	NIT Quarterfinals
1987–88	Washington	10–19	5–13	T–8th
1988–89	Washington	12–16	8–10	6th
Washington:		61–62	36–36
Florida Tech (Sunshine State Conference) (1991–1999)
1991–92	Florida Tech	15–13	6–6	4th
1992–93	Florida Tech	10–16	3–9	6th
1993–94	Florida Tech	15–12	7–7	4th
1994–95	Florida Tech	17–10	10–4	T–2nd
1995–96	Florida Tech	12–14	4–10	T–7th
1996–97	Florida Tech	21–8	11–3	2nd
1997–98	Florida Tech	19–10	7–5	T–2nd
1998–99	Florida Tech	16–11	8–6	3rd
Florida Tech:		125–94	56–50
Lynn Fighting Knights (Sunshine State Conference) (1999–2003)
1999–2000	Lynn	19–8	8–6	3rd
2000–01	Lynn	17–10	8–6	4th
2001–02	Lynn	15–11	6–8	6th
2002–03	Lynn	15–13	7–7	T–4th
Lynn University:		66–42	29–27
Total:		376–253
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

References

1. "Washington coach Russo calls it quits". pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
2. "Forester Athletic Hall of Fame". Retrieved July 24, 2012.

External links

• Andy Russo Information