Norm Roberts
Norm Roberts (born July 21, 1965)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Kansas Jayhawks (Head coach: Bill Self)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: Queens College Knights, St. John’s Red Storm, Kansas Jayhawks
Queens (NY) record^: 24-84 (.222)
St. John’s record: 81-101 (.445)
Kansas record: 4-0 (1.000)
Overall record^: 109-185 (.371)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2009)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2012-present | Kansas (asst) |
| 2022 | Kansas (interim HC) |
| 2011-2012 | Florida (asst) |
| 2004-2010 | St. John’s |
| 2003-2004 | Kansas (asst) |
| 2000-2003 | Illinois (asst) |
| 1997-2000 | Tulsa (asst) |
| 1995-1997 | Oral Roberts (asst) |
| 1991-1995 | Queens (NY) |
Norm Roberts Facts
- Norman Roberts
- Born July 21, 1965
- Hometown: Queens, New York
- Alma Mater: Queens College (BA, 1987)
- Graduated from Springfield Gardens HS (NY) and played collegiately for the Knights at D-II Queens College (NY)
- HS teammates with future NBA All-Star Anthony Mason and college teammates with future coach Glenn Braica
- Started his coaching career at Archbishop Molloy HS in Queens, where he coached the freshman team
- Became head coach at his alma mater in 1991, but went just 24-84 in four seasons at the helm
- Joined Bill Self‘s coaching staff at Oral Roberts in 1995 and spent the next nine years working as one of his assistants at ORU (1995-97), Tulsa (1997-2000), Illinois (2000-03) and Kansas (2003-04)
- Was part of six NCAA Tournaments (with three Elite Eights) and four conference titles (two WAC and two Big Ten)
- Returned to Queens in 2004, taking over as the head coach at St. John’s
- Was 81-101 in six seasons with the Red Storm, going to the CBI in 2009 and NIT in 2010
- Finished above .500 just twice and was fired in 2010 after failing to get the team out of the Big East basement
- Spent one year on Billy Donovan‘s staff at Florida, during which the Gators reached the 2012 NCAA Elite Eight
- Reunited with Self at the Jayhawks in 2012, serving as an assistant there ever since
- During this current stint at KU, Roberts has been part of seven NCAA Tournaments (two Final Fours and one National Championship) and nine Big 12 titles
- Served as interim head coach for the first four games of the 2022-23 season, going 4-0
- Along with his wife, Pascale, has two sons
Norm Roberts Coaching Tree
- Glenn Braica (St. Francis Brooklyn)
- Chris Casey (Fairfield, Niagara, LIU Post)
- Chuck Martin (Marist)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
