PROVIDENCE, R.I — St. John’s fired head coach
Norm Roberts late Thursday night after six seasons at the Queens school and will immediately begin a national search for his successor.
“We’ve come to the decision that Norm will not be retained as our head coach for next season and we will start immediately with a national search to take over as his successor,” St. John’s athletic director
Chris Monasch said Friday morning in a conference call.
Monasch will run the process himself and will not use a search firm or a committee. Hofstra coach
Tom Pecora, Virginia Tech coach
Seth Greenberg, Louisville coach
Rick Pitino, Georgia Tech coach
Paul Hewitt and former St. John’s standout
Mark Jackson are among the possible candidates.
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