Mike Jarvis is the head Men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University . He has coached at Boston University, George Washington University, and St. John's University. He also has worked as a commentator for college basketball games on ESPN. His career college coaching record in over 18 seasons is 364-201 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 Rindge Technical High School, the predecessor to Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. He also coached at 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 Bob Brown, then 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. They won the National Invitation Tournament in 2003.

The next season the Red Storm stumbled out of the gate, losing to several nonconference teams that they usually beat with ease. Jarvis was fired on December 19, 2003--the first Big East coach to be fired during the season. Assistant Kevin Clark replaced him for the remainder of the season. His final record at St. John's was 110-61.

It later emerged that school officials had fired Jarvis in part due to a series of embarrassing off-court incidents. Among these, a junior college transfer had been charged with assaulting a female student, and a senior guard had been kicked off the team after being caught smoking marijuana near St. John's campus in Queens.

During the 2003-04 season, St. John's center Abe Keita claimed that a member of Jarvis' basketball staff had paid him nearly $300 a month for the past four seasons. As a result, St. John's placed itself on two years' probation, withdrew from postseason consideration for the 2004-05 season, and forfeited 43 wins in which Keita participated--including the 2002 NCAA Tournament and the 2003 NIT. The NCAA accepted St. John's sanctions. Jarvis was faulted for not properly monitoring Keita's situation, but was otherwise cleared of wrongdoing.

Prior to coming back with the Owls, Jarvis worked for ESPN as a college basketball commentator, and Yahoo! Sports as their NCAA men's basketball analyst, and continues to work as a speaker. Jarvis has recently launched an Internet broadcast service that enables colleges and schools to stream full live sports over the Internet at www.jarvistv.com to anybody around the world. He currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, and is now the head coach at Florida Atlantic.

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
Florida Atlantic	2008-2009	6-26	2-16

(*): Denotes Conference Coach of the Year(**): St. John's later vacated its 2002 NCAA appearance and 2003 NIT title due to an ineligible player.

References

1. NCAA Sports
2. USATODAY.com - St. John's placed on 2 years probation by NCAA
3. ESPN.com

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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