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Larry Lawler began his sixth year as an assistant coach with three-time National Coach of the Year, C.Vivian Stringer in the 2000-01 season. He helped the Scarlet Knights become one of the nation’s elite teams, reaching the NCAA Final Four in just five short years. Lawler shares Stringer’s passion for the fundamentals of the game and is a consummate X’s and O’s coach. He brings an impressive 17 years of experience and success as a coach at both the collegiate and high school levels.

Lawler was responsible for many of the team’s administrative needs such as travel and transportation, housing and team meals. In addition, as part of the Scarlet Knights’ coaching staff, he was also involved in many phases of the Rutgers program, including coaching the post players, coordinating video tape exchange, assisting with pre and post season conditioning, and scouting opponents as assigned by Coach Stringer.

Under Lawler’s tutelage, the Rutgers post players gained skill and confidence each year and continued to help the Knights reach unprecedented success. With the direction of Coach Stringer, Lawler was able to secure the finest schedules in the nation year in and year out. Last year’s schedule was ranked the fifth most difficult by the ratings percentage index (RPI) and prepared the team well for its march to the Final Four.

As one of the major aspects of his job, Lawler serves as the director of the C.Vivan Stringer Basketball Camps and Clinics, which has grown into one the largest on the East Coast under his direction, demonstrating over a 500 percent increase in five years.

Lawler previously coached with Stringer at The University of Iowa from 1988-90 during which time he tutored current colleague Jolette Law. In Iowa, he was part of a nationally prominent top 10 program which dominated the Big Ten Conference. Lawler helped Iowa achieve an overall record of 50-11, which included two conference championships and subsequent NCAA Tournament berths.

Prior to rejoining Stringer, Lawler was the coach for the boys’ basketball program at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa from 1990-95. He helped establish the winningest program in Iowa with a record of 110-13, including a 50-game winning streak, back-to-back state championships and one fourth place finish.

A 1983 graduate of Northern Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in social science and secondary education, Lawler also earned a master’s degree in athletic administration from Iowa. Lawler began his coaching career after graduation in 1983 as the head boys’ basketball coach at Dows High School in Dows, Iowa. After one year, he moved on to the Belle Plaine High School in Belle Plaine, Iowa where he was the head coach for boy’s basketball and boys’ track from 1984-88. A native of Eldora, Iowa, he and his wife Kim, have one child Morgan Leigh, born December 20, 1998.