St. John’s gets Their Man - Hired Steve Lavin as New Head Coach of the Red Storm Tuesday

St. John’s hired Steve Lavin yesterday, former coach of the UCLA Bruins, to coach the Red Storm. I hope this means a new found credibility to the program and some New York City hometown high school players will want to stay home. As reported by redstormsports:

QUEENS, N.Y. - Red Storm Director of Athletics Chris Monasch announced on Tuesday that Steve Lavin - whose seven-year coaching record at UCLA included six NCAA Tournament appearances, five trips to the NCAA Round of 16, and six seasons of 21 wins or more - will be the 19th head men's basketball coach in St. John's University's 102-plus years of storied tradition on the hardwood.

"This is an opportunity of a lifetime to be able to return to the sidelines coaching college basketball at a school like St. John's that has such tradition and heritage in terms of the history of basketball," Lavin said. "Then you add the academic dimension, as well as New York City and Madison Square Garden, it's as good as it gets.