Coach gene pingatore biography
Eugene Louis Pingatore was an American basketball coach who served as the head boys' basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Eugene Louis Pingatore (October 25, – June 26, ) was an American basketball coach who served as the head boys' basketball coach at St. Joseph High....
Somewhere hidden inside a sea of people near midcourt Saturday, St.
Joseph boys basketball coach Gene Pingatore allowed himself to be engulfed by the moment.
Minutes earlier, the legendary coach had become the only boys basketball coach in Illinois history to win 1,000 games in his career, when St.
Joseph recorded an 81-71 win over St. Rita in the first round of the Catholic League playoffs in Westchester.
The 80-year-old Pingatore usually keeps his emotions under check, but as he was surrounded by a group of former players and friends, he shed a few tears over achieving a milestone.
Pingatore, who had a 1,000-353 record for a .739 win percentage at St. Joseph after Saturday’s game, is the 15th boys coach in the United States to have more than triple digits in wins, according to the National Federation of High Schools.
Marshall girls basketball coach Dorothy Gaters is the only other high school basketball coach in Illinois to have more than 1,000 career wins.
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