Norman Roberts is a men's college basketball

Basketball

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 coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Florida

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 and is the former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm

St. John's Red Storm

The St. John's Red Storm is the nickname used for the 16 varsity athletic programs of St. John's University. St. John's 16 NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing and lacrosse teams, which compete in the ECAC...

. He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis

Mike Jarvis

Mike Jarvis is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. He has coached at Boston University, George Washington University and St. John's University. He also has worked as a commentator for college basketball games on ESPN...

, who was fired midway through the 2003-04 season.

Biography

Roberts attended Springfield Gardens High School

Springfield Gardens High School

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, where he was a teammate of Anthony Mason

Anthony Mason (basketball)

Anthony George Douglas Mason is a retired American National Basketball Association player with the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat. He averaged 10.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in his 13-year NBA career...

. His first coaching opportunity came when Jack Curran

Jack Curran

Jack Curran is an American baseball and basketball coach. Curran is the head coach at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York. Curran has won more basketball and baseball games than any high school coach in the United States....

 hired him as coach of the freshman team at Archbishop Molloy High School

Archbishop Molloy High School

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. In 1991 Roberts became head coach at Queens College

Queens College, City University of New York

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, a position he held until 1995. Prior to the 1996-97 season, Roberts was hired by then-Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts University

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 head coach Bill Self

Bill Self

Bill Self is an American college men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, where he led the Jayhawks to the 2008 NCAA national championship....

. Roberts followed Self to University of Tulsa

University of Tulsa

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 (in 1998), University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 (in 2000) and University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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 (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

Glenn Braica

-Biography:Braica attended St. Agnes High School from 1980–82 and Bishop Ford in Brooklyn from 1982–84. Braica went on to Queens College and played for the Knights from 1984–88 as a point guard. At Queens College, Braica met Norm Roberts and became great friends; that would later lead to Roberts...

, Chris Casey, and Fred Quartlebaum.

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.

Roberts was fired by St. John's on March 19, 2010, after the Red Storm lost in the first round of the 2010 NIT. In 2011, Florida coach Billy Donovan

Billy Donovan

William John "Billy" Donovan, Jr. is an American college basketball coach and a former college and professional basketball player. Donovan is the current head coach of the Florida Gators men's basketball team of the University of Florida...

 hired Roberts as an assistant coach.

Head coaching record

Personal

Roberts and his wife Pascale have two sons. His son Niko will play on the 2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

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as an invited walk-on.