San Diego hoops parts ways with head coach Steve Lavin amid fourth season

February 18, 2026

By Matt Norlander, CBS Sports: College basketball has its second coach firing in less than a week’s time.

Mere days after Jerome Tang was terminated at Kansas State, the University of San Diego has followed suit by sacking fourth-year coach Steve Lavin, sources told CBS Sports.

The Toreros are 11-17 and host LMU this Saturday. Lavin was hired in 2022 after his second lengthy stint working as an on-air college hoops commentator, but he couldn’t bring the program to consistency in the Gonzaga-dominated WCC. Lavin leaves USD with a 46-79 record. The program has not made the NCAAs since 2008 under Bill Grier.

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Steve Lavin fired at San Diego: Toreros coach is out near the end of his fourth season in the WCC

Lavin took the job in 2022 but never won more than 18 games in a season

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