MIKE JARVIS

'Mike Jarvis' is a sports commentator and former NCAA basketball coach at Boston University, George Washington University, and St. John's University. He also works as a commentator for college basketball games on ESPN. His career college coaching record in over 18 seasons is 364-201 [1] and is one of four Division I coaches to have won 100 games at three different colleges.
Jarvis was born in Massachusetts and played high school basketball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. He also coached at Cambridge Rindge and Latin, where his players included Patrick Ewing, Rumeal Robinson and current George Washington head coach Karl Hobbs. He played basketball and baseball at Northeastern University, graduating in 1968.
Jarvis became head coach at Boston University in 1985, becoming the Terriers' all-time winningest coach in five seasons with a 101-50 record (he was later overtaken by Dennis Wolff). Boston University reached the NCAA Tournament in 1988 and 1990 under Jarvis.
He was hired at George Washington in 1990, leading the Colonials to three NCAA tournament appearances, including the round of 16 in the 1993 NCAA Tournament, the Colonials' best tournament performance. He coached the United States under-22 men's team in 1993. Jarvis also led the Colonials to two victories over number one ranked UMass, compiling a 143-100 record at George Washington.
After the 1998 season, Jarvis accepted the head coaching job at St. John's University after Fran Fraschilla was fired, leading the Redmen (now the Red Storm) to the Elite Eight in the 1999 NCAA Tournament and the 2000 Big East tournament championship. An NIT championship in 2003 Following scandals, including having players arrested, and an alleged lack of success (made NCAA tournament 3 times and NIT Champion 1 time in 6 years), Jarvis was fired during the 2003 season, the first ever Big East coach to be fired during the season. His final record at St. John's was 110-61.
Jarvis now works for ESPN as a college basketball commentator, and Yahoo! Sports as their NCAA men's basketball analyst, and also works as a speaker.

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Coaching record

External links

Coaching record

School	Season	Record		Postseason
		'Overall'	'Conference'
Boston U.	1985-1986	21-9	0-0
Boston U.	1986-1987	18-12	0-0
Boston U.	1987-1988	23-8	0-0	NCAA First Round
Boston U.	1988-1989	21-9	14-4
Boston U.	1989-1990	17-12	9-3 ★	NCAA First Round
George Washington	1990-1991	19-12	10-8	NIT First Round
George Washington	1991-1992	16-12	8-8
George Washington	1992-1993	21-9	8-6	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
George Washington	1993-1994	18-12	8-8	NCAA Second Round
George Washington	1994-1995	18-14	10-6	NIT First Round
George Washington	1995-1996	21-8	13-3	NCAA First Round
George Washington	1996-1997	15-14	8-8	NIT First Round
George Washington	1997-1998	24-9	11-5	NCAA First Round
St. John's	1998-1999	28-9	14-4	NCAA Elite Eight
St. John's	1999-2000	25-8	12-4	NCAA Second Round
St. John's	2000-2001	14-15	8-9
St. John's	2001-2002	20-12	9-7	NCAA First Round
St. John's	2002-2003	21-13	7-9	NIT Champion
St. John's	2003-2004	2-4	0-0

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★ ): Denotes Conference Coach of the Year

External links

★ http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/story/6938411

★ http://espn.go.com/ncb/s/2000/1021/830880.html

★ http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/archives/almanac/athletics/menbaskbal.html

★ http://premierespeakers.com/1923/index.cfm

★ http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2002/feb02/htmls/cover_jarvis.html

★ http://www.alfatherhood.org/conference_events.htm

★ http://www.corporateartists.com/speaker_mike_jarvis.html

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