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Norm Roberts Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Assistant coach Team Florida Record 64-85 Biographical details Born July 21, 1965 Place of birth Queens, New York Playing career 1983–1987 Queens College Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1991–1995
1995–1997
1997–2000
2000–2003
2003–2004
2004–2010
2011–PresentQueens College
Oral Roberts (asst.)
Tulsa (asst.)
Illinois (asst.)
Kansas (asst.)
St. John's
Florida (asst.)Head coaching record Overall 88-169 (.342) Norman Roberts (born July 21, 1965) is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Florida and is the former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis, who was fired midway through the 2003-04 season.
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Biography
Roberts attended Springfield Gardens High School, where he was a teammate of Anthony Mason. His first coaching opportunity came when Jack Curran hired him as coach of the freshman team at Archbishop Molloy High School. In 1991 Roberts became head coach at Queens College, a position he held until 1995. Prior to the 1996-97 season, Roberts was hired by then-Oral Roberts head coach Bill Self. Roberts followed Self to University of Tulsa (in 1998), University of Illinois (in 2000) and University of Kansas (in 2003). On April 13, 2004 he signed a five-year contract to coach the men's basketball team at St. John's University. His assistants include Glenn Braica, Chris Casey, and Fred Quartlebaum.[1]
St. John's
On April 13, 2004 Roberts signed a five-year contract to coach the men's basketball team at St. John's University. Although Roberts was thought of as a longshot, school officials were impressed by his work as Self's top recruiter over the past four years. Additionally, he was a New York City native, and it was hoped he would rebuild the Red Storm's traditional pipeline to the area's rich pool of high school basketball players. Historically, St. John's has been known for fielding powerhouse teams built mainly on New York City talent.[2]
Roberts was fired by St. John's on March 19, 2010, after the Red Storm lost in the first round of the 2010 NIT.[3] In 2011, Florida coach Billy Donovan hired Roberts as an assistant coach.[4]
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Queens College (East Coast Conference - Division II) (1991–1995) 1991–1992 Queens 6-21 2-16 1992-1993 Queens 8-19 7-11 1993-1994 Queens 4-23 2-20 1994-1995 Queens 6-21 4-18 Queens: 24-84 15-65 St. John's (Big East Conference) (2004–2010) 2004–2005 St. John's 9-18 3-13 13th 2005–2006 St. John's 12-15 5-11 T-13th 2006–2007 St. John's 16-15 7-9 11th 2007–2008 St. John's 11-19 5-13 14th 2008–2009 St. John's 16-18 6-12 2009–2010 St. John's 17-16 6-12 13th NIT, First Round St. John's: 81-101 32-70 Total: 105-185 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionPersonal
Roberts and his wife Pascale have two sons. His son Niko will play on the 2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team as an invited walk-on.
References
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- ^ Jacobson, Mike. St. Elsewhere. New York Magazine, 2005-05-21.
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- ^ New Florida assistant Norm Roberts, Billy Donovan share New York roots
St. John's Redmen / Red Storm men's basketball head coaches J. Chestnut (1907–1908) • P. Joseph Kersey (1908–1909) • Harry Fisher (1909–1910) • Claude Allen (1910–1911) • Joseph O'Shea (1911–1912) • Claude Allen (1912–1914) • Joseph O'Shea (1914–1917) • John Crenny (1917–1921) • Edward Kelleher (1921–1922) • John Crenny (1922–1927) • James Freeman (1927–1936) • Joe Lapchick (1936–1947) • Frank McGuire (1947–1952) • Al DeStefano (1952–1956) • Joe Lapchick (1956–1965) • Lou Carnesecca (1965–1970) • Frank Mulzoff (1970–1973) • Lou Carnesecca (1973–1992) • Brian Mahoney (1992–1996) • Fran Fraschilla (1996–1998) • Mike Jarvis (1998–2003) • Kevin Clark # (2003–2004) • Norm Roberts (2004–2010) • Steve Lavin (2010–2011) • Mike Dunlap # (2011) • Steve Lavin (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Categories:- Living people
- 1965 births
- African American basketball coaches
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- Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball coaches
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- People from Queens
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- Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball coaches
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