Steve Lavin fired at San Diego: Toreros coach is out close to the top of his fourth season within the WCC

Faculty basketball has its second coach firing in lower than every week’s time.

Mere days after Jerome Tang was terminated at Kansas State, the College of San Diego has adopted swimsuit by sacking fourth-year coach Steve Lavin, sources informed CBS Sports activities. 

The Toreros are 11-17 and host LMU this Saturday. Lavin was employed in 2022 after his second prolonged stint working as an on-air school hoops commentator, however he could not deliver this system to consistency within the Gonzaga-dominated WCC. Lavin leaves USD with a 46-79 document. This system has not made the NCAAs since 2008 beneath Invoice Grier.

The 61-year-old Lavin has a 283-229 profession document, together with his time at UCLA from 2006-03 and St. John’s 2010-15.  

Sources stated San Diego athletic director Kimya Massey has reached out to some potential candidates for the job in current weeks. The goal might effectively wind up being a sitting high-major assistant. The job will tackle some elevated attraction shifting ahead, as Gonzaga’s transfer out of the WCC to the reborn Pac-12 subsequent season will open up alternatives for different applications to make inroads in what’s anticipated to largely be a one-bid league shifting ahead.