Hicks, Dunlap round out staff [NY Post]

St. John's coach Steve Lavin expects to round out his staff this week by announcing the additions of former Rice High School coach Mo Hicks and former Arizona and Oregon assistant coach Mike Dunlap.

Dunlap is considered one of the best X's-and-O's assistants in college basketball. He compiled a 248-50 record as head coach at Division II Metro State, winning national titles in 2000 and 2002.

As reported in The Post, Hicks agonized over leaving Rice, where he has embraced the school's mission of helping teenagers from economically and socially challenging situations grow into mature young men.

Hicks and former Columbia star Tony Chiles, who already is on the staff, combine to give St. John's a formidable recruiting presence in the metropolitan area.

And Rico Hines, a former assistant at UCLA who emerged as one of the top player development coaches in the NBA, gives Lavin a staff tailored to attract top-flight prep talent. If the staff's plan works, St. John's could surge to the top third of the Big East.



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so it wont be today?

What about Dunlap??? Any word ?

For those with a subscription...

http://www.newsday.com/sports/college/college-hoops-scoops-1.1620561/st-john-s-adds-mo-hicks-to-staff-1.1971623

In a long anticipated move, St. John's announced the hiring of Maurice Hicks as director of basketball operations on Tuesday.

Hicks joins the Red Storm staff as one of the most respected high school and AAU coaches in the country.  In 16 years at Rice high school in Harlem, Hicks won five New York State Federation championships and compiled a record of 352-86.

Among Hicks' top...

 Denver Post reports that Dunlap is official.   Saw this on RM.com


http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_15207064

It's not official. I tweeted the official St. John's basketball Twitter account (aka, Fratto - very responsive), asking when there would be an official release. He responded with:

Wasn't that based on the @LennRobbins/@NewYorkPost report?!

Which is to say, NOTHING OFFICIAL... yet.

(Dave, tried to make it look like a tweet, but was unable to.)

Maybe this is it: [tweet]http://twitter.com/STJ_Basketball/status/15258969370[/tweet]

Ok, maybe not.  But there's a link! 

You got it down pat, Peter. If you click reply you'll see the buttons to add the BBC codes. Hopefully the developer figures out a way to automatically embed these.

I have full faith that this is a done deal.  Let's all just be patient.  Hey Lavin hasn't let us down yet.