Facts: - sport: basketball - death date: 14 august 2014 - coach team: duquesne -lrb- asst. -rrb- duquesne - coach years: 1960 -- 1974 1974 -- 1978 - birth date: 14 august 1929 - name: john cinicola - overall record: 52 -- 56 - death place: bellevue , pennsylvania - alma mater: duquesne university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john cinicola .
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john l. cinicola , jr. -lrb- august 14 , 1929 -- august 14 , 2014 -rrb- was an american high school and college basketball coach .he was head coach of his alma mater , duquesne university , where he led the dukes to the 1977 ncaa tournament behind star guard norm nixon .his overall record at duquesne was 52 -- 56 in four seasons .cinicola died of cancer on august 14 , 2014 in his home in bellevue , pennsylvania .