Mike Jarvis facts for kids
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 11, 1945 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1964–1968 | Northeastern |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1968–1973 | Northeastern (assistant) |
| 1973–1977 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1978–1985 | Cambridge Rindge and Latin HS |
| 1985–1990 | Boston University |
| 1990–1998 | George Washington |
| 1998–2003 | St. John's |
| 2008–2014 | Florida Atlantic |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 364–201 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NIT (2003*) 2 America East tournament (1988, 1990) Big East tournament (2000) Sun Belt regular season (2011) * Vacated by the NCAA |
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| Awards | |
| America East Coach of the Year (1990) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2011) |
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Michael D. Jarvis (born April 12, 1945) is a well-known American college basketball coach. He has led teams at several universities, including Boston University, George Washington University, and St. John's University. Most recently, he was the head coach for the men's basketball team at Florida Atlantic University. Besides coaching, he has also worked as a sports commentator for college basketball games on ESPN. Over his 18-season college coaching career, his teams won 364 games and lost 201.
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Early Life and High School Coaching
Mike Jarvis was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He played high school basketball at Rindge Technical High School. This school later became known as Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
After his playing days, Jarvis coached at Rindge and Latin. Some of his players there became famous NBA stars. These included Patrick Ewing and Rumeal Robinson. He also coached Karl Hobbs, who later became a college head coach himself. Jarvis played both basketball and baseball at Northeastern University, graduating in 1968.
College Coaching Career Highlights
Mike Jarvis began his college coaching journey at Boston University in 1985. In five seasons, he became the winningest coach in the school's history at that time. His record there was 101 wins and 50 losses. Under his leadership, Boston University made it to the NCAA tournament in both 1988 and 1990.
Leading George Washington University
In 1990, Jarvis moved to coach the George Washington team. He led the Colonials to the NCAA tournament four times. Their best performance was reaching the "Sweet 16" in the 1993 NCAA tournament. In that tournament, his team was defeated by the famous "Fab Five" from Michigan.
Jarvis also guided the Colonials to two big wins against the top-ranked UMass team. His overall record at George Washington was 143 wins and 100 losses. In 1993, he also coached the United States under-22 men's national team.
Coaching at St. John's University
After the 1998 season, Jarvis took over as head coach at St. John's University. He quickly led the Red Storm to success. They reached the "Elite Eight" in the 1999 NCAA Tournament. They also won the Big East tournament championship in 2000. In 2003, his team won the National Invitation Tournament.
The next season, the team struggled early on. Mike Jarvis was fired on December 19, 2003. This made him the first Big East coach to be fired during a season. Assistant coach Kevin Clark finished the season as interim coach. Jarvis's final record at St. John's was 110 wins and 61 losses.
Later, some of St. John's wins from 2000 to 2004 were removed from the official record. This happened because a player was found to be ineligible to play. This included the 2003 NIT championship. The NCAA said Jarvis did not properly watch over the player's situation.
Life After St. John's
After leaving St. John's, Jarvis worked as a college basketball commentator for ESPN. He also served as an analyst for Yahoo! Sports. He later returned to coaching for six seasons at Florida Atlantic.
Today, Mike Jarvis continues to work as a speaker and broadcaster. He has also written two books. One is called Skills For Life, which he wrote with Jonathan Peck. The other is Everybody Needs A Head Coach, written with Chad Bonham.
Head Coaching Record
College Teams
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Boston University Terriers (Eastern College Athletic Conference-North / North Atlantic Conference) (1985–1990) | |||||||||
| 1985–86 | Boston University | 21–10 | 13–5 | 3rd | NIT first round | ||||
| 1986–87 | Boston University | 18–12 | 12–6 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1987–88 | Boston University | 23–8 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 1988–89 | Boston University | 21–9 | 14–4 | 3rd | |||||
| 1989–90 | Boston University | 18–12 | 9–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| Boston University: | 101–51 | 62–22 | |||||||
| George Washington Colonials (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1990–1998) | |||||||||
| 1990–91 | George Washington | 19–12 | 10–8 | T–3rd | NIT first round | ||||
| 1991–92 | George Washington | 16–12 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1992–93 | George Washington | 21–9 | 8–6 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
| 1993–94 | George Washington | 18–12 | 8–8 | T–3rd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 1994–95 | George Washington | 18–14 | 10–6 | T–2nd | NIT first round | ||||
| 1995–96 | George Washington | 21–8 | 13–3 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| 1996–97 | George Washington | 15–14 | 8–8 | 2nd (West) | NIT first round | ||||
| 1997–98 | George Washington | 24–9 | 11–5 | T–1st (West) | NCAA Division I first round | ||||
| George Washington: | 152–90 | 76–52 | |||||||
| St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (1998–2003) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | St. John's | 28–9 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
| 1999–00 | St. John's | 25–8 | 12–4 | 3rd | NCAA Division I second round | ||||
| 2000–01 | St. John's | 14–15* | 8–8* | T–3rd (East) | |||||
| 2001–02 | St. John's | 20–12* | 9–7* | 3rd (East) | NCAA Division I first round* | ||||
| 2002–03 | St. John's | 21–13* | 7–9* | 5th (East) | NIT champion* | ||||
| 2003–04 | St. John's | 2–4 | |||||||
| St. John's: | 110–61% | 50–32% | |||||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls (Sun Belt Conference) (2008–2013) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Florida Atlantic | 6–26 | 2–16 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Florida Atlantic | 14–16 | 10–8 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2010–11 | Florida Atlantic | 21–11 | 13–3 | 1st (East) | NIT first round | ||||
| 2011–12 | Florida Atlantic | 11–19 | 7–9 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2012–13 | Florida Atlantic | 14–18 | 9–11 | 5th (East) | |||||
| Florida Atlantic Owls (Conference USA) (2013–2014) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Florida Atlantic | 10–22 | 5–11 | T–12th | |||||
| Florida Atlantic: | 76–112 | 46–57 | |||||||
| Total: | 422–313 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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*Jarvis was fired on December 19, 2003; assistant Kevin Clark finished the season.
** St. John's vacated 47 games (46 wins and one loss) from 2000 to 2004 after Abe Keita was ruled ineligible. Official records are 5–15 for 2000–01, 7–11 for 2001–02, 1–13 for 2002–03 and 0–4 for 2003–04.
% Official record at St. John's is 66–60 (53–32 Big East) not counting vacated games.
