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Steve Lavin (born September 4, 1964), a San Francisco native, is an American college basketball coach at St. Johns University (St. Johns Red Storm mens basketball). 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.
During Lavins tenure as a head coach, he was one of only two coaches in the country, along with Dukes Mike Krzyzewski, to lead his team to five NCAA "Sweet 16s" in six years (02, 01, 00, 98, 97). Lavin guided UCLA to six consecutive 20+ game winning seasons and to six consecutive NCAA tournaments.
Date of birth: 1964-09-04
Birth Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Sport: Basketball
Title: Head coach
Awards: 1997 International Inspiration Award from the Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation (HOBY),1998 Lavin was honored by his alma mater as the Chapman University Alumnus of the Year (also serves on Board of Governors at Chapman University),1998 Honorary member of the Golden Key National Honor Society at UCLA,2005 Distinguished Alumni award from the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts from Chapman University,
Championships: 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (1994-95 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team) (Asst. Coach) ,1997 National Rookie Coach of the Year,1997 NABC Dist. 15 and USBWA Dist. 9 Coach of the Year Six consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1997-2002),1997 NCAA Elite 8,Five NCAA Sweet 16s in six seasons ,1998 Final Four in San Antonio, he was the head coach of the West squad in the NABC All-Star Game,2001 Pacific-10 Coach of the Year honors
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