New hoops coach brings lifetime of experiences, relationships to role
University of San Diego President James Harris sat down with Steve Lavin over lunch during the Final Four last week in New Orleans, and the conversation turned to relationships with former players.
On Friday afternoon, the university decorated the courtyard outside the Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice with an inflated basketball and balloons in the Toreros’ blue and white hues to introduce Lavin, 57, as USD’s 14th head coach. Lavin was fired by UCLA in 2003 after the Bruins finished 10-19. He worked as a broadcaster for seven years before beginning a five-year run at St. John’s. The Red Storm advanced to the NCAA Tournament and NIT twice under Lavin.“Impressive,” said USD guard Jase Townsend.
For now, USD faithful likely will settle for just winning, period. The Toreros’ last trip to the NCAA Tournament was in 2008. In the last 14 seasons, the program has had just three winning campaigns.Lavin offered no magic formula for turning around a program that has been dominated in the West Coast Conference by Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s.
“I think sitting in on Krzyzewski’s game planning, his shoot-arounds, to do that with Roy Williams and Lute Olson before he passed away, with Jay Wright, it was the equivalence of a sabbatical. It’s not as if I went into monastery and became a Trappist monk.” While delivering the coach-speak about getting better happens day by day, Lavin said winning will come down to recruiting. He said he will focus first on California, then nationally and internationally.
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