John Giannini Biography

John Giannini is the head basketball coach at LaSalle and led them on an improbable run to the Sweet Sixteen in 2013.  It was the Explorers’ first NCAA Tournament invite since 1992.  As a 13-seed, they had to win a play-in game before knocking off fourth-seeded Kansas State and 12th-seeded Ole Miss.  It was just the sixth time a 13-seed made it that far.  Giannini has been the LaSalle head coach since 2004-05, working to restore the Philadelphia-based school to its former basketball glory.  Prior to that, he compiled the best winning percentage in history as the head coach at Maine for eight seasons.  Giannini got his head coaching start at Division III Rowan, where he made three DIII Final Fours and won the 1996 DII National Championship.  The Chicago, Illinois native started his coaching career as a graduate assistant and then assistant coach at the University of Illinois.  Giannini did his undergraduate work at North Central College, got a master’s at North Texas, and a doctorate from Illinois.  

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