Friday, November 8, 1996 BASKETBALL: Interim coach Steve Lavin steps into Jim Harrick’s shoesBy Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff The UCLA men’s basketball team played in its intrasquad game on Thursday night, with interim head coach Steve Lavin overseeing the action from the press row. Lavin’s role as an observer went without a hitch, but […]
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Emotional Harrick speaks out
Friday, November 8, 1996 HARRICK: Fired coach, once icon of basketball, decries ‘unfair’ treatmentBy Brad Zucker Daily Bruin Senior Staff Once the ringmaster of college basketball’s most storied team, Jim Harrick sat solemnly in his private suite on the fifth floor of a Wilshire Boulevard hotel. In his first exclusive interview since being forced out […]
Dismissal of coach sends shock waves
Friday, November 8, 1996 BASKETBALL: Pac-10 coaches feel targeted after Harrick’s firingBy Hye Kwon Daily Bruin Staff The Pacific 10 basketball coaches and members of the media congregated at the annual Media Day on Thursday morning to discuss the upcoming 1996-97 season. But clearly the buzz in the room was the announcement of Jim Harrick’s […]
Bruins try to keep on top of the ball
Thursday, November 7, 1996 BASKETBALL: Team is optimistic despite loss of head coach HarrickBy Hye Kwon and Mark J. Dittmer Daily Bruin Staff A huge explosion rocked the UCLA basketball program yesterday in the form of head coach Jim Harrick’s termination. With two weeks left before the season begins, the team and its new coach […]
The end of an era
Thursday, November 7, 1996 HARRICK: His sojourn as the second-winningest coach of UCLA history was as embattled as bracingBy Mark J. Dittmer Daily Bruin Senior Staff Jim Harrick’s firing Wednesday ends an eight-year run at UCLA that can be described as successful, but could just as easily be called embattled. Harrick’s career record of 191-63 […]
Coach brings warm teaching style to Bruins
Thursday, November 7, 1996 LAVIN: Successful career precedes promotion of young, playful assistantBy Kristina L. Wilcox Daily Bruin Contributor "This is my line of defense," said basketball coach Steve Lavin while gesturing to the green wind-up frogs positioned at the head of his desk. He proceeds to wind one of these little toys up, and […]
Students¹ voices pierce through coach¹s cloud of controversy
Thursday, November 7, 1996 STUDENTS: Mixed opinions surround firing of Jim Harrick; fans concerned about seasonBy John Kelly Daily Bruin Contributor "Pathetic." "Stupid." "Good riddance." In the wake of the Bruin basketball national championship in 1995, Jim Harrick was celebrated for restoring UCLA’s tarnished glory. Now, two years later, he has left the university amid […]