The University of San Diego men’s basketball team is off to an 11-17 start this season, and Steve Lavin is no longer the head coach of the University of San Diego men’s basketball team, On3’s Pete Knuckles reports.
The former UCLA and St. John’s head coach joins the Matadors for the 2022-23 season. Under his leadership, USD is 18-15 in four seasons through the 2023-24 season. USD fell to 6-27 last season and was off to a 5-10 start in the WCC before news of his firing broke Wednesday.
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LaVine’s firing ends the worst coaching stretch of his career, which came after relative success in two traditional basketball powers.
Steve LaVine will reportedly no longer be the head coach of Team USA.
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LaVine, 61, coached UCLA for seven seasons from 1996 to 2003. The Bruins reached the NCAA tournament in each of his first six seasons. UCLA fired him after a 10-19 season in 2002-03, his first and only loss with the Bruins. Under LaVine, UCLA went 145-78 but never advanced to the Elite Eight.
In 2010, LaVine returned to St. John’s University as the head coach. With LaVine as head coach, St. John’s went 92-72 and reached the NCAA Tournament twice in five seasons — his first and last. The 2011 trip to the St. John’s tournament under LaVine was the first in nine seasons as LaVine helped restore relevance to a formerly proud program.
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La Verne and St. John’s agreed to part ways after a first-round exit in the 2015 NCAA tournament, according to the schools. Program icon Chris Mullin took his place.
While coaching, LaVine served as a college basketball broadcast analyst.
