[1] In April 2012 Roberts returned to the University of Kansas as an assistant coach, filling the position left by Danny Manning.

On April 13, 2004, Roberts signed a five-year contract to coach the men's basketball team at St. John's University.

Although Roberts was thought of as a longshot, school officials were impressed by his work as Self's top recruiter over the past four years.

Additionally, he was a New York City native, and it was hoped he would rebuild the Red Storm's traditional pipeline to the area's rich pool of high school basketball players.

[2] He succeeded Kevin Clark, who served as the interim coach after Mike Jarvis, who was fired midway through the 2003–04 season.