Mike Jarvis: Rolling the dice...
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Mike Jarvis: Rolling the dice...
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Owl said
No lapis, he used to coach Villanova. He won a title with them and then coached Umass for a little.
Ohh ok I had to look him up, you mean Steve Lappas…
Lappas began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at York (N.Y.) College for one season, followed by a one-year stint as an assistant coach at Fort Lee High School. He then took over the reins of Harry S. Truman High School (in The Bronx) program in 1979, where he coached five seasons and fashioned a 91-32 record, including a 27-3 record in 1983-1984 when his squad captured the New York State Class A title. He was a two-time (1981 and 1984) New York Daily News Coach of the Year selection. In 1984 Lappas joined Rollie Massimino's staff at Villanova University.
In 1988 Lappas became head coach at Manhattan College, where he turned around the program from a 7-21 season in 1988/89 to a 25-9 season and a berth to the 3rd round of the NIT in 1991/92. In 1992 he succeeded Rollie Massimino as head coach at Villanova, where he guided the team to seven postseason tournament appearances (four NCAA, three NIT), posting a 8-6 record. In 2001 he resigned as head coach after Villanova declined to sign him for a long term contract. He became head coach of the University of Massachusetts on March 26, 2001.
Lappas is known for his resemblance to Shemp Howard.
The Tampa Tribune and St. Pete Times have both reported his interest in the vacant USF position.
My two favorite teams are FAU, and who ever is beating FIU!
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Father's ethic fuels Lappas
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Nunzio42 said
just to give you a heads up; he was fired for some very unethical behavior……
Hey, im not trying to stir the pot here, but we need to point the blame where the blame should be pointed:
The players.
Sure, he recruited them, etc, but Jarvis didnt sneak out of the hotel room to the strip club at 1:00am, the players did…and Jarvis didnt pay the center, the booster did…now, did he know about this? Dunno…
And he didnt put the bong to the lips of the players in thier dorms for them - they did that…
He was let because of control issues (pointed at him due to the above) and some questionable losses…he wasnt indicted in ANYTHING…
Hope everyone realizes that…
They lost a series of games his last year there against teams they should have easily beaten…that was the last straw…
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Owl said
"…whether you like it or not control is a major part of running a program."
Totally agree!
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Second week for search
"However, the New York Daily News’ Dick Weiss, one of the top basketball writers in the nation, reported that Jarvis met with Stanford Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby. FAU officials should be careful about a coach from a big-time program, who appears to have aspirations about getting back to a big-time program."
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