BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The following is a press release from LSU Athletics:
Former LSU men’s basketball player Josh Maravich died Friday at his family’s Covington home at the age of 42.
Josh Maravich was one of two sons of legendary LSU basketball and NBA star Pistol Pete Maravich.
Josh was a part of the LSU men’s basketball program for four seasons, from 2001 to 2005, under head coach John Brady. Maravich’s time at LSU was something he knew he always wanted to do.
“I wanted to come here to make my dad proud,” Josh said in a 2005 article in the LSU school newspaper, The Daily Reveille. “I knew I wasn’t going to be a star player, but for me, being a backup was what I always wanted to do.”
Prior to his time at LSU, Josh Maravich played basketball at St. Paul’s High School in Covington. He scored over 1,000 points during his three-year career there and was named district MVP in his final season. Josh averaged 18 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals per game during his senior season.
Josh was born in Metairie on March 25, 1982. He is survived by his mother, Jackie Maravich McLachlan and her husband James; and older brother Jaeson.
Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later date.
Josh participated in ceremonies in July 2022 to unveil the long-awaited statue of his basketball star father in the plaza outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
It was Josh and his brother Jaeson who came up with the iconic pose displayed in the plaza where his father is enshrined along with other legends of the game – Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Pettit and Seimone Augustus.
Sculptor Brian Hanlon, trying to decide on a design for the statue of college basketball’s all-time leading scorer, naturally thought he would sculpt the gun firing one shot. But he asked Maravich’s sons for advice and when the statue was unveiled, Pete was in fast-break mode, throwing a behind-the-back pass with his right hand.
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