Jarvis to FAU?

[Duke Dawg]

from Andy Katz:

Former St. John's coach Mike Jarvis met with Florida Atlantic athletic director Craig Angelos on Wednesday but hadn't been offered the head coaching job as of late Wednesday night. Jarvis, a Boca Raton resident, interviewed for the Stanford job, too.


Jarvis desperately wants to get back into coaching after spending the past four years dabbling in television. Jarvis was fired after six games into the 2003-04 season amid NCAA issues dealing with an ineligible player. St. John's placed itself on two years probation and took itself out of the 2005 postseason.



Jarvis has had plenty of success during his career, leading Boston University to the NCAAs twice, George Washington four times (including a Sweet 16) and St. John's three times (including an Elite Eight in his first season after taking over for current ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla). But if Jarvis gets the FAU gig, replacing Rex Walters who went to the University of San Francisco, then it would arguably be his toughest job to date. Making FAU a factor in the Sun Belt isn't an easy chore. FAU was 8-10 in the Sun Belt last season and 15-18 overall, but the league has some decent powers in Western Kentucky (Sweet 16) and South Alabama (NCAA first round last season).

[Career Minorleaguer]

I still say we let a real gem slip by.

[1duped]

I guess the administration at FAU has decided they want to know how NCAA probabtion affects their athletic department I'm really proud of Jeff Bourne for not having that same curiosity.

[Pitz]

I still say we let a real gem slip by.

[JMUSuperfan2000]

I guess the administration at FAU has decided they want to know how NCAA probabtion affects their athletic department I'm really proud of Jeff Bourne for not having that same curiosity.

After the near-death sentence our program has been living through the last ten years, I wouldn't mind a couple years of probation if it brings a spark back to the program. Hopefully Brady can supply the spark without the probation, though.

[JmuSkinsFan]

It's official. Here is Gregg Doyel's take on it...if this were us...would you go with the "any publicity is good publicity" route or should we be glad we avoided this?

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/ent ... 96/8546932

[Dukester]

I guess the administration at FAU has decided they want to know how NCAA probabtion affects their athletic department I'm really proud of Jeff Bourne for not having that same curiosity.

Wasn't LE going to drink again too.

[JMU_71]

It's official. Here is Gregg Doyel's take on it...if this were us...would you go with the "any publicity is good publicity" route or should we be glad we avoided this?

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/ent ... 96/8546932

don't feed that damn troll!

[jmu-fan-1981]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/200 ... -of-exile/

Matt Brady is modest... but atleast he's not Keener

[Bawlmer Duke]

article won't open up for me at this moment, but whatever happened to Keener?