Norman Roberts (July 21, 1965 – ) is a men's college basketball coach and the current head coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis, who was fired midway through the 2003-04 season.
Roberts attended Springfield Gardens High School, where he was a teammate of Anthony Mason. His first coaching opportunity came when Jack Curran hired him as coach of the freshman varsity at Archbis...
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Norman Roberts (July 21, 1965 – ) is a men's college basketball coach and the current head coach of the St. John's Red Storm. He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis, who was fired midway through the 2003-04 season.
Roberts attended Springfield Gardens High School, where he was a teammate of Anthony Mason. His first coaching opportunity came when Jack Curran hired him as coach of the freshman varsity at Archbishop Molloy High School. In 1991 Roberts became head coach at Queens College, a position he held until 1995. Prior to the 1996-97 season, Roberts was hired by then-Oral Roberts head coach Bill Self. Roberts followed Self to University of Tulsa (in 1998), University of Illinois (in 2000) and University of Kansas (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, Chris Casey, and Fred Quartlebaum.
While at Kansas, Roberts proved himself to...
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