Peter Joseph Carril was an American basketball coach. He is best known for his time as head coach of Princeton University for 30 years and his use of the “Princeton offense”.
He also coached at Lehigh University and in the NBA as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings
Carril was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the son of Spanish immigrants from Riaño, León, and Salamanca to the United States.
He was a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he was an all-state selection for Pennsylvania in the 1947–48 season.
He played collegiate basketball at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania under Butch Van Breda Kolff. While at Lafayette he became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity.
Pete Carril’s net worth at the time of death
Pete Carril, who coached men’s basketball at Princeton for 29 years and scared big-name opponents with his undersize, often underskilled scholars playing an old-fashioned textbook game, died on Monday. He was 92.
Pete Carril is a famous American basketball player-coach who has a net worth of $1-6 million.
