Bernie Ockene

Bernard Ockene (March 23, 1919 – April 26, 1974)[1] was an American college basketball head coach for the Saint Peter's Peacocks between 1972 and 1974.

When Don Kennedy was fired, then-assistant Ockene got promoted to lead the team.

[3] Prior to Saint Peter's, Ockene was a successful coach at Bayonne High School in a very competitive North Jersey basketball environment.

[4] Ockene died from a heart attack on April 26, 1974 in Bayonne Hospital.

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