Complete List of 2025-26 NCAA Men’s Basketball Coaching Changes

The 2024–25 men’s college basketball season began in November with two interim head coaches: South Florida after the untimely death of Amir Abdur-Rahim, and Virginia after the unexpected retirement of Tony Bennett. As more teams joined or were scheduled to join at the end of the season, the coaching carousel started to revolve.

Florida State, Indiana, Utah, Texas, and Miami are some of the largest of such jobs.

Duke assistant Jai Lucas being appointed to lead the Hurricanes is now old news — just like Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen stepping in at Utah and Sacramento Kings assistant Luke Loucks returning to coach his alma mater, Florida State.

Additionally, the announcement made on the first day of the First Four games, regarding Indiana hiring Darian DeVries from West Virginia after only one year with the Mountaineers, is also outdated. Will Wade has agreed to join NC State following the elimination of his 12-seeded McNeese Cowboys from the NCAA tournament in the round of 32.

Furthermore, just days after losing to Xavier in the First Four, Rodney Terry was dismissed from Texas — and Musketeers head coach Sean Miller has taken the position in Austin. Richard Pitino has accepted the Xavier job — which means he will indeed be coaching against his father, Rick Pitino, in the Big East next season.

Kevin Willard answered queries about whether he would accept the Villanova position during Maryland’s run in the NCAA tournament. Following the Terps’ elimination in the Sweet 16, he agreed to it. Buzz Williams will replace him in College Park, while Bucky McMillan will introduce Buckyball to Texas A&M and the SEC.

In the full list below, we documented every coaching firing and hiring decision made in the men’s game during the 2025–2026 season. Coaches that are considered interim are indicated by an asterisk.

School: Out (57) / In (57)

Alabama A&M: Otis Hughley Jr. / Donte Jackson
Alcorn State: Landon Bussie / Jake Morton
Arkansas State: Bryan Hodgson / Ryan Pannone
Bellarmine: Scott Davenport / Doug Davenport
Bryant: Phil Martelli Jr. / Jamion Christian
Campbell: Kevin McGeehan / John Andrzejek
Central Michigan: Tony Barbee / Andy Bronkema
Chicago State: Scott Spinelli / Landon Bussie
Cleveland State: Daniyal Robinson / Rob Summers
Colorado State: Niko Medved / Ali Farokhmanesh
Columbia: Jim Engles / Kevin Hovde
Denver: Jeff Wulbrun / Tim Bergstraser
Drake: Ben McCollum / Eric Henderson
Florida A&M: Patrick Crarey II / Charlie Ward
Florida State: Leonard Hamilton / Luke Loucks
Fordham: Keith Urgo / Mike Magpayo
Grambling: Donte Jackson / Patrick Crarey II
High Point: Alan Huss / Flynn Clayman
Indiana: Mike Woodson / Darian DeVries
IU Indianapolis: Paul Corsaro / Ben Howlett
Iona: Tobin Anderson / Dan Geriot
Iowa: Fran McCaffery / Ben McCollum
La Salle: Fran Dunphy / Darris Nichols
Lipscomb: Lennie Acuff / Kevin Carroll
Longwood: Griff Aldrich / Ronnie Thomas
Louisiana: Bob Marlin / Quannas White
Maryland: Kevin Willard / Buzz Williams
McNeese: Will Wade / Bill Armstrong
Miami: Jim Larrañaga / Jai Lucas
Minnesota: Ben Johnson / Niko Medved
Murray State: Steve Prohm / Ryan Miller
Navy: Ed DeChellis / Jon Perry
NC State: Kevin Keatts / Will Wade
New Mexico: Richard Pitino / Eric Olen
North Florida: Matthew Driscoll / Bobby Kennen*
North Texas: Ross Hodge / Daniyal Robinson
Oral Roberts: Russell Springmann / Kory Barnett
Penn: Steve Donahue / Fran McCaffery
Radford: Darris Nichols / Zach Chu
Sacramento State: Michael Czepil* / Mike Bibby
Samford: Bucky McMillan / Lennie Acuff
South Dakota State: Eric Henderson / Bryan Petersen
South Florida: Amir Abdur-Rahim / Bryan Hodgson
St. Francis (PA): Rob Krimmel / Luke McConnell
Stephen F. Austin: Kyle Keller / Matt Braeuer
Texas A&M: Buzz Williams / Bucky McMillan
Texas: Rodney Terry / Sean Miller
UC Riverside: Mike Magpayo / Gus Argenal
UC San Diego: Eric Olen / Clint Allard
UL Monroe: Keith Richard / Phil Cunningham
UNLV: Kevin Kruger / Josh Pastner
Utah: Craig Smith / Alex Jensen
VCU: Ryan Odom / Phil Martelli Jr.
Villanova: Kyle Neptune / Kevin Willard
Virginia: Tony Bennett / Ryan Odom
West Virginia: Darian DeVries / Ross Hodge
Xavier: Sean Miller / Richard Pitino