Career
Lavik was also the head basketball coach at Arizona State Flagstaff (1927–1931) and Arizona State Tempe (1933–1935, 1939–1948), tallying a career college basketball mark of 146–137. In addition he served as the athletic director at Arizona State from 1933 to 1949. He was a graduate of Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Lavik was born on April 30, 1892 in Forman, North Dakota.
He died in Mesa, Arizona on September 29, 1979.