Joe Russo

Joseph J. Russo

• School St. John's University

• Born July 5, 1944
• Died May 26, 2019

Biographical Information

Joe Russo was the All-Tournament shortstop in the 1966 College World Series when St. John's University placed 4th. He was the coach at Christ the King Regional High School in 1966-1969 and assistant coach at St. John's in 1970-1973.

Russo was then was head coach of St. John's from 1974-1995, going 612-310. He coached Frank Viola, C.J. Nitkowski, Rich Aurilia, Wayne Rosenthal and John Franco in college and guided the team to appearances in the 1978 College World Series and 1980 College World Series. He took St. John's baseball team to the 1995 Pan American Games as the USA representative. He also had coached for Team USA when they won Bronze in the 1973 Intercontinental Cup.

Sources include New York Daily News from 1995

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1974	St. John's University	26-6		CWS District Tournaments
1975	St. John's University	28-11		CWS Regionals
1976	St. John's University	33-7		CWS Regionals
1977	St. John's University	32-10		CWS Regionals
1978	St. John's University	40-18		CWS Regionals / CWS
1979	St. John's University	26-11		CWS Regionals
1980	St. John's University	30-11		CWS Regionals / CWS
1981	St. John's University	34-4	14-0	CWS Regionals
1982	St. John's University	20-15	9-6
1983	St. John's University	18-16	7-4
1984	St. John's University	26-7	13-2
1985	St. John's University	32-21	10-7	Big East / CWS Regionals
1986	St. John's University	35-15	11-7	Big East / CWS Regionals
1987	St. John's University	24-21	12-6	Big East
1988	St. John's University	29-21	9-9	Big East / CWS Regionals
1989	St. John's University	19-19	6-12
1990	St. John's University	29-18	15-6	Big East
1991	St. John's University	34-14	18-2	Big East / CWS Regionals
1992	St. John's University	30-13	14-5	Big East
1993	St. John's University	28-20	11-10	Big East / CWS Regionals
1994	St. John's University	20-16	10-8
1995	St. John's University	18-16	12-9