WILLIAMSBURG -- Ben Carnevale, a longtime Navy basketball coach who later headed the U.S. Olympic Basketball Committee and was the athletic director at William and Mary, has died. He was 92.

The Naval Academy released a statement yesterday from Carnevale's family, announcing the death Tuesday. No cause of death was released. He had been living in Williamsburg.

Mr. Carnevale, born in Raritan, N.J., played for New York University and was a member of the 1935 national championship team.

In 1944, he became coach at North Carolina. The Tar Heels went 52-11 in his two seasons with them and played in the NCAA national title game in 1946, losing 43-40 to Oklahoma A&M.

He took over at Navy in 1946, and in the next 20 seasons became the school's winningest basketball coach. The Midshipmen went 257-160 and made six postseason tournament appearances under Mr. Carnevale.

He also was the athletic director at William and Mary from 1972-82.