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...

 men's basketball

College basketball

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team represents the St. John's University in Queens

Queens

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, New York

New York

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. The team participates in the Big East Conference

Big East Conference

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. The men’s coach

Coach (basketball)

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 Norm Roberts

Norm Roberts

Norman Roberts 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...

 was fired on March 19, 2010. Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin

Steve Lavin is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Lavin previously served as the head coach for UCLA....

 was named head coach on March 30, 2010.

On March 13th 2011, they were selected to play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002.

With 1724 total wins, St. John's was ranked #7 on the List of teams with the most victories in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

Coaching history

		Overall		Conference
Name	Years	Won-Lost	Pct.	Won-Lost	Pct.	Note
J. Chestnut	1907-08	4-8	.333
P. Joseph Kersey	1908-09	9-6	.600
Harry Fisher Harry Fisher Harold A. Fisher was an American college basketball coach.In 1905, while a student and player at Columbia University, Fisher began coaching the basketball team of Fordham University, leading the team to a 4-2 record while capturing All-America honors as a player and leading Columbia to its second...	1909-10	15-5	.750
Claude Allen	1910-11, 1912-14	33-19	.635
Joseph O'Shea	1911-12, 1914-17	43-27	.614
John Crenny	1918-21, 1922-27	105-86	.550
Ed Kelleher	1921-22	10-11	.476
James Freeman	1927-36	177-31	.851
Joe Lapchick Joe Lapchick Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was a professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 30s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper...	1936-47, 1956-65	334-130	.720			Basketball Hall of Fame
Frank McGuire Frank McGuire Frank Joseph McGuire was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball....	1947-52	102-36	.739			Final Four 1952, Basketball Hall of Fame
Al DeStefano	1952-56	49-39	.563
Lou Carnesecca Lou Carnesecca Luigi P. "Lou" Carnesecca is a retired American college basketball coach at St. John's University. He coached the men's basketball program to 526 wins and 200 losses over 24 seasons...	1965-70, 1973-92	526-200	.725	139-80	.635	Final Four in 1985, Big East Regular season champions 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, Basketball Hall of Fame
Frank Mulzoff	1970-73	56-27	.675
Brian Mahoney	1992-96	56-58	.491	31-47	.397
Fran Fraschilla Fran Fraschilla -External links:*...	1996-98	57-36	.613	35-24	.593
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...	1998-2003	66-60	.524	57-36	.613	Big East tournament champions in 2000 National Invitational Tournament champions in 2003 (later vacated)
Kevin Clark Kevin Clark (basketball) Kevin Clark is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Rhode Island. He is probably most well-known for his stint as the interim head coach at St. John's during the 2003–2004 season....	2003-04	2-17	.105	1-15	.064
Norm Roberts Norm Roberts Norman Roberts 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...	2004-10	81-101	.445	32-70	.313
Steve Lavin Steve Lavin Steve Lavin is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Lavin previously served as the head coach for UCLA....	2010-	21-12	.636	12-6	.667