St. John's University-New York Men's Basketball

One of the winningest coaches in NCAA Division I history, two-time national champion Rick Pitino was named the 22nd head coach in the history of St. John's M...

Following four years as a student manager, Aidan Mansfield officially joined the St. John’s Men’s Basketball coaching staff as a graduate assistant in the su...

Bob Walsh, a respected coaching veteran with more than three decades of experience on the bench, joined the Red Storm in April 2023 as an assistant coach. In just three short years, Walsh has helped the Red Storm rebound to heights the program had not reached in decades. After going 20-13 and narrowly missing out on an NCAA Tournament bid in Walsh’s first year on staff, the Johnnies won back-to-back outright BIG EAST Regular Season and BIG EAST Tournament titles, becoming the first program in conference history to do so. The Red Storm went 18-2 in BIG EAST play in each of the last two campaigns, shattering the previous conference record for wins in a two-year span (33) set by UConn in the mid-90s. Over the past two seasons, the Red Storm is 6-0 in BIG EAST Tournament play and has not won a conference tournament game by fewer than 10 points. The Red Storm won 31 games in 2024-25 and 30 in 2025-26, becoming just the third and fourth teams, respectively, in program history to reach the 30-win plateau. The 2024-25 Red Storm received a no. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round, becoming the first St. John’s team to win an NCAA Tournament game since 2000. This past season, the fifth-seeded Red Storm knocked off Northern Iowa and Kansas in San Diego, punching the program’s ticket to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. St. John’s has produced each of the last two BIG EAST Players of the Year, as RJ Luis Jr. (2025) became the first Johnnie in 39 years

Brandon Irving was named Video Coordinator of the St. John's men's basketball program in April 2023. In just three seasons with the Red Storm, Irving has hel...

Greg Youncofski completed his second season on the St. John’s staff in 2025-26. He was elevated to the position of assistant coach during the 2025-26 season after joining on as the program’s director of operations in June of 2024. Youncofski’s two seasons in Queens have been two of the most memorable campaigns in the program’s proud history. With Youncofski on staff, St. John’s owns a record of 61-12 (.836) with two outright BIG EAST Regular Season titles and two BIG EAST Tournament crowns. After notching the program’s first NCAA Tournament win since 2000 in his first season, this past year’s Red Storm advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. St. John’s has produced two BIG EAST Players of the Year in as many opportunities with Youncofski on staff, as RJ Luis Jr. took home the award in 2025 before Zuby Ejiofor unanimously won the accolade in 2026. Ejiofor also was also named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first player to win all three awards since UConn’s Emeka Okafor in 2004. Youncofski joined Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino’s staff with over a decade of Division I experience that includes stops at Loyola Marymount, UCLA, Cincinnati and Kansas. Youncofski arrived in Queens after spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Loyola Marymount under Head Coach Stan Johnson. During his tenure in Los Angeles, Youncofski helped lead the Lions to a pair of winning campaigns, in

Ricky Johns was named an assistant coach at St. John’s in April 2023, joining the Red Storm after six seasons on staff at Iona. In just three seasons with the Red Storm, Johns has helped the Red Storm return to positions of prominence on both the BIG EAST and national stages. After going 20-13 in Johns’ first year on staff and narrowly missing out on an NCAA Tournament bid, St. John’s has rattled off back-to-back historic campaigns in Queens, winning the outright BIG EAST Regular Season Championship and the BIG EAST Tournament title in consecutive seasons. The Red Storm is the only program in the five-decade history of the league that can lay claim to that accomplishment. Winners of 30-plus games in back-to-back seasons, St. John’s is 81-25 (.764) with Johns on staff entering 2026-27. In 2025, the Red Storm won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2000. In 2026, the Johnnies advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. Johns has seen numerous St. John’s student-athletes earn local and national recognition, including a pair of BIG EAST Players of the Year in RJ Luis Jr. (2025) and Zuby Ejiofor (2026). Ejiofor also won BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming just the second player in conference history to do so alongside UConn’s Emeka Okafor in 2004. During his tenure in New Rochelle, Johns spent five of his six seasons as an assistant coach and was part of four MAAC tournament championships (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023), three MAAC

Boateng joined the Red Storm staff as a graduate assistant in May 2024. The Bronx, N.Y., native has worked under Naismith Hall of Famer Rick Pitino for the last four seasons, both at Iona (2021-23) and St. John's (2023-25). His responsibilities included providing film breakdowns for scouting reports and recruiting, assisting in team practices and supervising tasks for 20+ student managers. In Boateng’s first year as a graduate assistant, the Red Storm claimed the outright BIG EAST Regular Season title for the first time in 40 years before winning the BIG EAST Tournament and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000. The Johnnies’ 31 victories matched a school record and the Red Storm climbed as high as no. 5 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, the program’s best ranking since the 1990-91 campaign. Boateng also spent four years as a workout assistant with Black Ops, an organization headed by NBA Skills Coach Chris Brickley. He has worked with current and former NBA players, such as Donovan Mitchell, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Love, Paolo Banchero, Deandre Hunter and Cole Anthony. Boateng has also worked in the AAU sphere as a coach and assistant skills trainer with Team We Got Next out of Westchester since 2019. His tenure with We Got Next featured several future pros, adjusting and developing their shot and playmaking abilities. Just after graduating from St. John's with a bachelor's degree in communications in May 2024, Boateng worked di

Steve Masiello was named associate head coach in April 2023, bringing more than two decades of Division I coaching experience to the St. John’s men’s basketball program. In just three seasons with St. John’s, Masiello has played a crucial role in returning the Red Storm to positions of prominence in the BIG EAST and on the national stage. The Johnnies have gone 81-25 with Masiello on staff, including two outright BIG EAST Regular Season titles, two BIG EAST Tournament crowns, two NCAA Tournament berths and the Red Storm’s first trip to the Sweet 16 in 27 years. Over the past two seasons, St. John’s is 36-4 in regular season BIG EAST contests. This past season, the Red Storm reached the 30-win plateau for the second straight year, going 30-7 with an 18-2 mark in BIG EAST play. The Johnnies became the first program in the history of the BIG EAST Conference to win an outright regular season title and a conference tournament championship in back-to-back campaigns. The Red Storm rolled through the BIG EAST Tournament, never trailing and winning all three of its games by at least 10 points. The Johnnies received a no. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament and outlasted Northern Iowa and Kansas in San Diego to advance to the second weekend for the first time since 1999. St. John’s closed the season by winning 21 of its final 23 games, falling only to No. 6 UConn in Hartford and Duke, the tournament’s top overall seed, in the Sweet 16. Zuby Ejiofor was unanimously selected as the BIG EAST Pl

An NCAA national champion with a decade of professional playing experience, Taliek Brown joined the Red Storm staff in April 2023 as an assistant coach. In three seasons at St. John’s, Brown has been instrumental in turning around the trajectory of the Red Storm men’s basketball program. Inheriting a team that had won 20 games just four times in the previous 20 seasons, Brown has helped St. John’s go 81-25 over the past three seasons, highlighted by consecutive 30-win seasons, back-to-back outright BIG EAST Regular Season Championships and back-to-back BIG EAST Tournament titles. In 2024-25, the Red Storm matched a program record with 31 wins, earning a no. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and winning the Red Storm’s first game in The Big Dance since 2000. This past season, the Johnnies won 30 games and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. Brown has seen two of his St. John’s student-athletes earn BIG EAST Player of the Year honors, as RJ Luis Jr. took home the award in 2025 before Zuby Ejiofor unanimously won the accolade this past spring. Ejiofor was also named the BIG EAST Defensive Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the first player in the conference to win all three awards since Brown’s teammate Emeka Okafor did so in 2004. Before coming home to Queens, Brown helped Iona post a 27-8 overall record in 2022-23, including a 17-3 mark in MAAC play, and earn a bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Before his one year as an assistant coach in New Rochelle, the