Bill Raftery, La Salle University | FDU-Florham
Basketball – Class of 1963 | Baseketball Coach (1963-68)
The La Salle basketball letterwinner from 1960-1963, Bill Raftery is the third winningest coach in FDU-Florham men’s basketball history. He went on to coach Seton Hall University’s men’s basketball program from from 1970 to 1982, compiling a 156-140 record. During his college coaching career, Raftery gained three National Invitational Tournament berths. He was named Coach of the Year in 1979 by the New Jersey Basketball Writers Association. In 1983, Raftery joined CBS Sports as a basketball analyst and has covered over 25 years of New Jersey Nets and college basketball games including Nets playoff wins, Big East basketball thrillers and, NCAA basketball for ESPN and CBS television and radio. In 2013, Raftery moved from ESPN to commentating for Fox Sports 1.
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