Former UCLA and St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has been employed to take over the struggling program on the College of San Diego
Former UCLA and St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has been employed to take over the struggling program on the College of San Diego
Steve Lavin, the previous coach at UCLA and St. John’s, was employed Wednesday night time to take over the struggling program on the College of San Diego.
Lavin, 57, replaces Sam Scholl, who was fired March 6 after the Toreros went 15-16 in a 3rd straight shedding season. The Toreros have had simply 4 profitable seasons and one NCAA Event look underneath three coaches since Brad Holland was fired after going 18-14 in 2006-07.
Athletic director Invoice McGillis stated Lavin had been a candidate because the starting of the monthlong search course of.
“I simply suppose it is a terrific alignment. I feel underneath his management we’ve got an opportunity to catapult to new heights,” stated McGillis, who had dinner with Lavin close to campus on Wednesday night time.
Lavin was 145-78 at UCLA in seven seasons from 1996-2003 and took the Bruins to the Candy 16 5 instances and the Elite Eight as soon as. He was 92-72 at St. John’s from 2010-15, with two NCAA Event appearances.
Lavin had been working as a university basketball analyst on tv.
