The 2024-25 men’s college basketball season tipped in November with two interim head coaches: at Virginia, following Tony Bennett’s unexpected retirement, and at South Florida, following Amir Abdur-Rahim’s unexpected death. The coaching carousel began spinning then. With just about three months left until the 2025-26 season tips, 58 jobs have changed hands
Among the biggest of those jobs: Miami, Florida State, Indiana, Utah and Texas.
Duke assistant Jai Lucas being tapped to take over the Hurricanes is now old news — along with Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen taking over at Utah and Sacramento Kings assistant Luke Loucks going to coach his alma mater, Florida State. So, too, is the news that came out on the first day of First Four games, that Indiana was hiring Darian DeVries away from West Virginia, after just one year with the Mountaineers. Will Wade agreed to join NC State after his 12-seeded McNeese Cowboys were eliminated from the NCAA tournament in the round of 32. And days after falling to Xavier in the First Four, Rodney Terry was fired at Texas — and Musketeers head coach Sean Miller took the job in Austin. Richard Pitino took the Xavier job — which means, yes, he’ll be coaching against his father, Rick Pitino, in the Big East next season.
Kevin Willard spent Maryland’s NCAA tournament run answering questions about whether he would take the Villanova job. He accepted it once the Terps were eliminated in the Sweet 16. Taking his place in College Park will be Buzz Williams, with Bucky McMillan bringing Buckyball to Texas A&M and the SEC. But once the tournament was over, so were most of the firings.
We’ll continue to track all of the coaching firing and hiring moves in the men’s game in one complete list below. Coaches considered interim are marked with an asterisk.
Last updated: August 5
School: Out (58) / In (58)
Alabama A&M: Otis Hughley Jr. / Donte JacksonAlcorn State: Landon Bussie / Jake MortonArkansas State: Bryan Hodgson / Ryan PannoneBellarmine: Scott Davenport / Doug DavenportBryant: Phil Martelli Jr. / Jamion ChristianCampbell: Kevin McGeehan / John AndrzejekCentral Michigan: Tony Barbee / Andy BronkemaChicago State: Scott Spinelli / Landon BussieCleveland State: Daniyal Robinson / Rob SummersColorado State: Niko Medved / Ali FarokhmaneshColumbia: Jim Engles / Kevin HovdeDenver: Jeff Wulbrun / Tim BergstraserDrake: Ben McCollum / Eric HendersonFlorida A&M: Patrick Crarey II / Charlie WardFlorida State: Leonard Hamilton / Luke LoucksFordham: Keith Urgo / Mike MagpayoGrambling: Donte Jackson / Patrick Crarey IIHigh Point: Alan Huss / Flynn ClaymanIndiana: Mike Woodson / Darian DeVriesIU Indianapolis: Paul Corsaro / Ben HowlettIona: Tobin Anderson / Dan GeriotIowa: Fran McCaffery / Ben McCollumLa Salle: Fran Dunphy / Darris NicholsLipscomb: Lennie Acuff / Kevin CarrollLongwood: Griff Aldrich / Ronnie ThomasLouisiana: Bob Marlin / Quannas WhiteMaryland: Kevin Willard / Buzz WilliamsMcNeese: Will Wade / Bill ArmstrongMiami: Jim Larrañaga / Jai LucasMinnesota: Ben Johnson / Niko MedvedMurray State: Steve Prohm / Ryan MillerNavy: Ed DeChellis / Jon PerryNC State: Kevin Keatts / Will WadeNew Mexico: Richard Pitino / Eric OlenNorth Florida: Matthew Driscoll / Bobby Kennen*North Texas: Ross Hodge / Daniyal RobinsonOral Roberts: Russell Springmann / Kory BarnettPenn: Steve Donahue / Fran McCafferyRadford: Darris Nichols / Zach ChuSacramento State: Michael Czepil* / Mike BibbySamford: Bucky McMillan / Lennie AcuffSouth Dakota State: Eric Henderson / Bryan PetersenSouth Florida: Amir Abdur-Rahim / Bryan HodgsonSt. Francis (PA): Rob Krimmel / Luke McConnellStephen F. Austin: Kyle Keller / Matt BraeuerTennessee State: Penny Collins / Nolan SmithTexas A&M: Buzz Williams / Bucky McMillanTexas: Rodney Terry / Sean MillerUC Riverside: Mike Magpayo / Gus ArgenalUC San Diego: Eric Olen / Clint AllardUL Monroe: Keith Richard / Phil CunninghamUNLV: Kevin Kruger / Josh PastnerUtah: Craig Smith / Alex JensenVCU: Ryan Odom / Phil Martelli Jr.Villanova: Kyle Neptune / Kevin WillardVirginia: Tony Bennett / Ryan OdomWest Virginia: Darian DeVries / Ross HodgeXavier: Sean Miller / Richard Pitino
