Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin (born September 4, 1964), a San Francisco, CA native, is a former college basketball coach and current ABC and ESPN TV analyst. As UCLA head basketball coach from 1996-2003, Lavin compiled a record of 145-78. In his inaugural season as head coach, Lavin directed the Bruins to the 1997 Pac-10 Championship and the NCAA Elite Eight with an overall record of 24-8.

As both an assistant and head coach, Lavin participated in 13 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances (1990-2002), while working at Purdue University and UCLA.

Background

Lavin's coaching career began in 1988 when he was hired as an assistant by legendary Big Ten Purdue head coach Gene Keady. After three years of picking up valuable experience on the Boilermaker’s staff, Lavin was offered an opportunity to come back west when UCLA head coach Jim Harrick hired him as a Bruin assistant in 1991. Lavin was an assistant coach on the Bruins 1995 National Championship team that finished with a 32-1 record.

UCLA Tenure

After spending five years as an assistant on the Bruin's staff, Lavin was promoted to head coach at UCLA shortly before the 1996 season. On November 6, 1996 UCLA head coach Jim Harrick was fired amid recruiting violations. Lavin initially replaced Harrick as an UCLA interim head coach for the 1996-1997 season. Later that same season on Feb. 11, 1997, with the Bruins tied for first place in the Pac-10 with an 8-3 record, Lavin was rewarded by having the interim tag lifted to become UCLA’s 11th head coach in school history. After Lavin was named permanent head coach, the Bruins won their next 11 games, before being eliminated by the Minnesota Gophers in the NCAA Midwest Regional Final.

In March of 2003, Lavin had his first losing season (10-19) as a head coach and was relieved of his duties. Throughout his final days as head coach, Lavin expressed only gratitude for his twelve year association with UCLA.

Lavin still teaches and speaks at clinics, and has been an instructor at the Nike Skills Academy in Beaverton, Oregon. Lavin also took a 19 and under USA Nike Team to compete in a tournament in France in year

Recruiting Success

As head coach at UCLA, Lavin and his staff recruited and signed the No. 1 rated recruiting class in the country in 1998 and 2001. Lavin signed seven McDonald’s High School All-Americans. Seven of Lavin’s former Bruin recruits are currently roster members of NBA teams: Trevor Ariza (Los Angeles Lakers), Matt Barnes (Phoenix Suns), Baron Davis ([Los Angeles Clippers]), Dan Gadzuric (Milwaukee Bucks), Ryan Hollins (Charlotte Bobcats), Jason Kapono (Toronto Raptors), and Earl Watson (Oklahoma City Thunder). As a result, the Bruins have the longest collegiate streak in the country of consecutive years having a player drafted to the NBA.

Sweet 16

During Lavin’s tenure as head coach, the Bruins qualified for six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997-2002). During this period, Lavin became one of two coaches (along Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski) to have led his team to five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons. Lavin’s record in the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament is 10-1. Lavin’s winning percentage (90.9%) in the first two rounds, is second only to Dean Smith in NCAA Tournament history. In seven seasons as head coach Lavin’s record was 12-4 in games involving overtime. In one stretch (1997-2002) Lavin’s Bruins compiled nine consecutive overtime victories, including victories over Arizona, Cincinnati (2002 NCAA second round double overtime victory over No. 1 West Region seed), Kentucky, and over then #1 ranked Stanford).

Lavin’s Bruins team had a knack for knocking off #1 teams. Lavin lead his team to victory over the No. 1 team in the country in four consecutive collegiate seasons (Arizona ’03, Kansas ’02, Stanford ’01, and Stanford ’00).

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ABC and ESPN TV Career

After being relieved of his duties at UCLA, Lavin shortly thereafter, signed a multi-year broadcasting deal with ABC and ESPN. Lavin makes regular appearances on ESPN College GameNight and also provides color-commentary alongside his partner Brent Musburger at primetime college games around the country. Lavin is sharing with viewers his experienced coaching perspective and his lifelong love for college basketball and its rich history.

Lavin’s perspective was forged over 15 years as a Division I college basketball coach at both UCLA and Purdue University.

For the past three years, Lavin has been working at the NBA Pre Draft Camp and NBA Draft in New York. He has also been a part of Jordan Classic Brand Basketball.

Steve Lavin, whose name was being mentioned as a candidate for other coaching jobs, included: California, University of San Francisco, Arizona, Memphis.

Speaking Engagements

Lavin is frequently an invited keynote speaker throughout the country for business, community and collegiate events. He addresses a wide range of topics including effective communication, motivation, management, recruiting, leadership, and naturally, college basketball. His speaking engagements include: Wisconsin Business School (2009), Business School students at UCLA (2009) (Anderson School of Business), spoke twice at Michigan to students, Indiana University School of Journalism (2008), was on a panel at IUPUI (or IU) School of Journalism (2009), and a keynote speaker at "Shooting for a Cure" event Wisconsin (2008).

Personal/Basketball Family

On August 17th 2007, Steve Lavin married actress Mary Ann Jarou in Capri, Italy. Mary Ann Jarou's acting credits include: How I met Your Mother, General Hospital, Entourage, Brothers and Sisters, Secret Girlfriend, King of Queens. Lavin’s father, Cap Lavin, in 1992 was inducted into the San Francisco Prep Basketball Hall of Fame and is a 1997 inductee into the University of San Francisco Hall of Fame. He prepped at St. Ignatius where he was a three-time (1946-48) All-City performer. Cap was a three-year letterman (1950-52) and team captain at USF. While at USF, he played for two Hall of Fame coaches, Pete Newell (1949-50) and Phil Woolpert (1950-52). As a collegiate guard, Newell described Cap as a "ballhandler way ahead of his time, one of the great dribblers and passers in the game."

In 1997, Cap retired after 43 years as an English teacher (at Cal-Berkeley, San Francisco State and Dominican College), including 40 years at Sir Francis Drake HS. At Cal-Berkeley, Cap was co-founder and director of the University of California Bay Area Writing Project, which established the National Writing Center at Berkeley and over 200 writing centers at university sites throughout the U. S. and abroad. In addition to Steve Lavin’s brother-in-law, John Moore, is the head basketball coach at Westmont College in Santa Barbara and is married to Lavin’s sister, Rachel.

Philanthropy

Current Presidents Circle Member of Jimmy V Foundation. Lavin was the Keynote Speaker in both 2008 and 2009 at the Wisconsin Coaches Vs Cancer "Shooting For A Cure" Gala. The event is held annually in Wisconsin to raise funds in an effort to find a cure for cancer. Lavin has been an active supporter of Special Olympics, City of Hope and the Lily Claire Foundation. In conjunction with USO and "Operation Hardwood" Lavin along with a group of college coaches visited our US Troops in Yokosuka Japan in 2003. The visit to US military base in Yokosuka included youth basketball clinics for children from families that live on the base. Lavin serves as Current Board of Governors member at Chapman University.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Steve Lavin (1996–2003)
1996-97	UCLA	24-8	15-3	1	NCAA Elite Eight
1997-98	UCLA	24-9	12-6	3	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1998-99	UCLA	22-9	12-6	3	NCAA Round of 64*
1999-2000	UCLA	21-12	10-8	4	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000-01	UCLA	23-9	14-4	3	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2001-02	UCLA	21-12	11-8	6	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002-03	UCLA	10-19	7-13	6
UCLA:		145-78	81-48
Total:		145-78
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

Preceded by Jim Harrick	UCLA Head Men's Basketball Coach 1996 – 2003	Succeeded by Ben Howland