John Manfredo Giannini was born on October 31,1962 and is an American college basketball coach, Director of Athletics at Rowan University, and college basketball analyst for NBC Sports and other networks.
11 Facts About John Giannini
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John Giannini served as the head men's basketball coach at Rowan University from 1989 to 1996, the University of Maine from 1996 to 2004, and La Salle University from 2004 to 2018.
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John Giannini amassed more than 500 victories in his collegiate coaching career.
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The son of Italian immigrants, John Giannini grew up in Elmwood Park, a suburb of Chicago, and has three younger brothers.
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John Giannini attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, and received a bachelor's degree in psychology from North Central College in Naperville.
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From 1987 through 1989, John Giannini served as a graduate assistant on coach Lou Henson's staff at the University of Illinois.
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In 2004, John Giannini was inducted into the Rowan University-Glassboro State College Hall of Fame while his 1996 national champion team was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019.
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John Giannini was named a Jim Phelan Award candidate for National Coach of the Year.
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John Giannini is the author of numerous research journal articles and practical articles for coaching publications and wrote Court Sense: Winning Basketball's Mental Game, published in 2008.
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John Giannini has taught courses at Illinois, North Texas, Maine and Rowan.
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John Giannini has volunteered his time to raise money for research in the fights against cancer and ALS.