For more than 25 years, Lappas has enjoyed a career in college basketball with roles as both a coach and a broadcaster. As a coach, he may be best known for his nine highly-successful seasons at Villanova University, where he compiled a 174-110 record that included six 20-win seasons, a post-season NIT championship, a Big East Tournament championship and a Big East regular season championship. He also served as the head basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts, where he tallied the school’s highest win total in its prior seven years, and at Manhattan College, where he earned MAAC COTY honors in 1992. Lappas also served as an assistant coach at Villanova from 1984-88 and won a National Championship during the Wildcats’ memorable run in 1985. In 17 seasons as a Division I head coach, he compiled a 280-237 (.542) mark and led eight teams to postseason play (4 NCAA Tournaments, 4 NITs).