Mauro Pannagio

Mauro Pannagio


Born:
January 19, 1928
Rochester, NY ??

Died:
April 11, 2018
Daytona Beach, FL


Career
1943-44 Madison High School - Rochester, NY (High School)
1944-45 Madison High School - Rochester, NY (High School)
1945-46 Madison High School - Rochester, NY (High School)
1946-47 Canisius College - New York (College)
1948-49 SUNY - Brockport (College)
1949-50 SUNY - Brockport (College)
1950-51 SUNY - Brockport (College)
1951-52 Elmira Colonels (ABL)
1956-57 Franklin High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1957-58 Franklin High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1958-59 Franklin High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1959-60 Franklin High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1960-61 Franklin High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1961-62 East High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1962-63 East High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1963-64 East High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1964-65 East High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1965-66 East High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1966-67 Rush-Henrietta High School - Rochester, NY (High School) Head coach
1967-68 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Freshmen Head coach
1968-69 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1969-70 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1970-71 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1971-72 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1972-73 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1973-74 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1974-75 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1975-76 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1976-77 SUNY - Brockport, New York (College) Head coach
1978-79 Rochester Zeniths (CBA) Head coach
1979-80 Rochester Zeniths (CBA) Head coach
1980-81 Rochester Zeniths (CBA) Head coach
1981-82 Rochester Zeniths (CBA) Head coach
1982-83 Rochester Zeniths (CBA) Head coach
1986-87 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Head coach
1987-88 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Head coach
1988-89 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Head coach
1989-90 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Head coach
1990-91 Quad City Thunder (CBA) Head coach
1991-92 Rockford Lightning (CBA) Head coach
1992-93 Rockford Lightning (CBA) Head coach
1993-94 Rockford Lightning (CBA) Head coach
1994-95 Rockford Lightning (CBA) Head coach
1995-96 Rockford Lightning (CBA) Head coach

Pannagio was raised in Rochester and after a year at Canisius, he transferred to SUNY College in Brockport where he lead the basketball team in scoring in each of his three years. After graduating, he played for a season with the Elmira Colonels in the ABL. He coached high school basketball for over a decade, winning various city titles along the way. He returned to Brockport in 1967, first as a freshmen basketball head coach and football assistant coach before taking the reigns of the varsity hoop squad in 1968. Mauro put together a 166-79 record in his nine seasons there, with two appearances in the Division 3 Final Four. He would coach for many years in the CBA, becoming the league's winningest coach.

Mauro died in April of 2018, not a month after his wife, Rita, passed away. They had six children. His son, Dan, was also a coach in the CBA, and when the two faced off against each other in 1992, it made national news.





Source:
Obituary, Democrat and Chronicle, April 11, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Panaggio
https://www.lohmanfuneralhomes.com/obituary/mauro-panaggio
https://qconline.com/sports/mauro-panaggio-lived-full-hoops-life/article_88391e73-e5a1-5c56-89db-33c0d1654926.html

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