| Norm Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Florida |
| Record | 64-85 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 21, 1965 |
| Place of birth | Queens, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1987 | Queens College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1995 1995–1997 1997–2000 2000–2003 2003–2004 2004–2010 2011–Present |
Queens College Oral Roberts (asst.) Tulsa (asst.) Illinois (asst.) Kansas (asst.) St. John's Florida (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 88-169 (.342) |
Norman Roberts (born July 21, 1965) 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. He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis, who was fired midway through the 2003-04 season.
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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 team 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.[1]
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.[2]
Roberts was fired by St. John's on March 19, 2010, after the Red Storm lost in the first round of the 2010 NIT.[3] In 2011, Florida coach Billy Donovan hired Roberts as an assistant coach.[4]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Queens College (East Coast Conference - Division II) (1991–1995) | |||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Queens | 6-21 | 2-16 | ||||||
| 1992-1993 | Queens | 8-19 | 7-11 | ||||||
| 1993-1994 | Queens | 4-23 | 2-20 | ||||||
| 1994-1995 | Queens | 6-21 | 4-18 | ||||||
| Queens: | 24-84 | 15-65 | |||||||
| St. John's (Big East Conference) (2004–2010) | |||||||||
| 2004–2005 | St. John's | 9-18 | 3-13 | 13th | |||||
| 2005–2006 | St. John's | 12-15 | 5-11 | T-13th | |||||
| 2006–2007 | St. John's | 16-15 | 7-9 | 11th | |||||
| 2007–2008 | St. John's | 11-19 | 5-13 | 14th | |||||
| 2008–2009 | St. John's | 16-18 | 6-12 | ||||||
| 2009–2010 | St. John's | 17-16 | 6-12 | 13th | NIT, First Round | ||||
| St. John's: | 81-101 | 32-70 | |||||||
| Total: | 105-185 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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Roberts and his wife Pascale have two sons. His son Niko will play on the 2010–11 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team as an invited walk-on.
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