Coaching Carousel ‘26

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St Bonaventure coach retiring

Ball State, Western Michigan fired their coaches

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Matt Norlander:

”K-State has made contact with Schertz but he will not be coaching there next year. Out of the mix there.

Saint Louis is in the midst of presenting a huge contract upgrade to try and keep Schertz around for at least another season, sources said.”

There's been word that, if SLU can't re-sign Schertz (Billikins working on a substantial pay raise), he's inclined to avoid schools that are FBS members. Providence has been mentioned as a possible landing spot.

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St Bonaventure coach retiring

Ball State, Western Michigan fired their coaches

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Damon Stoudamire out at Georgia Tech

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Face palm … Eastern Michigan has parted ways with Stan Heath, source told @thefieldof68.

Unrelated: Boston College has fired Earl Grant, sources told @Thefieldof68.

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Former UCLA coach Steve Lavin is out at San Diego (forgot he was there) -- still annoyed at that 2002 NCAA Tournament loss to the Bruins

An Iowa State assistant is replacing Lavin

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The UNC-Greensboro job is coming open, per Pete Thamel and Jeff Borzello.

Wes Miller's successor, Mike Jones, is out. He had a winning record in his first four seasons before a drop off this season. UNCG last made March Madness under Miller in 2021.

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In a surprise to nobody, reports of Bobby Hurley being done at Arizona State -- if I recall correctly, he is on the last year of his contract (seems unprecedented)

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Lamont Paris, who led South Carolina to a 26-8 record in 2023-2024 but has been in the bottom of the SEC the last two seasons, will apparently return for a fifth season

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A good look at why the time may be (or is) now to move on from Wes Miller
https://bearcat-bunch.beehiiv.com/p/...ime-to-move-on

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A good look at why the time may be (or is) now to move on from Wes Miller
https://bearcat-bunch.beehiiv.com/p/...ime-to-move-on

Then get ready for another rebuild. We’ll start with no roster, again. Too bad we didn’t stay in the AAC, we would be headed to our fourth straight NCAA right about now.

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Then get ready for another rebuild. We’ll start with no roster, again. Too bad we didn’t stay in the AAC, we would be headed to our fourth straight NCAA right about now.

Do you actually think that with NIL, that UC would have the roster it has now?

[London 'Cat]

A good look at why the time may be (or is) now to move on from Wes Miller
https://bearcat-bunch.beehiiv.com/p/...ime-to-move-on

This article makes a pretty compelling case for parting ways with CWM as soon as it can, irrespective of the buyout at that time. It means ~$9.9M over six years ($137,500/month) before March 31. And ~$5M over four years ($97,708/month) on/after April 1. It seems worth it to hire at an optimal time vs. waiting until April 1. JMHO.

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Adrian Autry is out at Syracuse

An interesting name to watch: Siena's Gerry McNamara, who made the NCAA Tournament last night in an impressive 2-year turnaround.

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Oregon State is parting ways with Wayne Tinkle, the AD announced https://osubeavers.com/news/2026/2/2...etball-program Tinkle made the NCAA Tournament twice since his hire in 2014, including a wild Pac-12 tournament championship and run to the Elite Eight in 2021.

Air Force also made a move earlier this week. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...eeks-new-voice

Oregon State is hiring Michigan assistant Justin Joyner