Steve Lavin Hired As St. John's Head Coach

**Strikeout King** · 03-30-2010, 03:57 PM

St. John's has hired ESPN analyst and former UCLA coach Steve Lavin to succeed Norm Roberts, a school spokesman said Tuesday.

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**Hoot Gibson** · 03-30-2010, 07:37 PM

Why even bother to fire the old guy if Lavin is the best coach you can come up with to replace him?

**cuppett777** · 03-30-2010, 10:16 PM

cany believe he went there, dont have the hollywood theme he is used to, but if i was him i would want to get away from that mess to..

**LeeCoUKFan** · 03-31-2010, 10:47 AM

Should be interesting!

**LWC** · 03-31-2010, 03:28 PM

Anything would be better than what they have been. Located in New York and a member of a major conference. The right coach could really make it work. Is Lavin the guy? Only time will tell.