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Mike Jarvis is a sports commentator and former NCAA basketball coach at Boston University, George Washington University, and St. John's University. He also works as a commentator for college basketball games on ESPN. His career college coaching record in over 18 seasons is 364-201 and is one of 4 Division I coaches to have won 100 games at three different colleges.

Jarvis was born in Massachusetts and played high school basketball at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. He also coached at Cambridge Rindge and Latin, where his players included Patrick Ewing, Rumeal Robinson and current George Washington head coach Karl Hobbs. He played basketball and baseball at Northeastern University, graduating in 1968.

Jarvis became head coach at Boston University in 1985, becoming the Terriers' all-time winningest coach in 5 seasons with a 101-50 record (he was later overtaken by Dennis Wolff). Boston University reached the NCAA Tournament in 1988 and 1990 under Jarvis.

He was hired at George Washington in 1990, leading led the Colonials to three NCAA tournament appearances, including the round of 16 in the 1993 NCAA Tournament, the Colonials' best tournament performance. He coached the United States under-22 men's team in 1993. Jarvis also led the Colonials to two victories over #1 ranked UMass, compiling a 143-100 record at George Washington.

After the 1998 season, Jarvis accepted the head coaching job at St. John's University after Fran Fraschilla was fired, leading the Redmen (now the Red Storm) to the Elite 8 in the 1999 NCAA Tournament and the 2000 Big East tournament championship. Following scandals, including having players arrested, and a lack of success, Jarvis was fired during the 2003 season, the first ever Big East coach to be fired during the season. His final record at St. John's was 110-61.

Jarvis now works for ESPN as a college basketball commentator and also works as a speaker.

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