We are up to almost 40 coaching changes, 19 of which have had those jobs filled. All job swaps are detailed below. This tracker was updated Sunday afternoon and will get another makeover on Monday, so check back frequently.
Hubert Davis is still the coach at North Carolina as of Sunday, but the expectation from most everyone in and around that program is that change should be afoot. The timing of stated change is another matter. Sources checked in on Sunday to pass along that there won’t be a move before Monday at the earliest.
UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham provided this statement to me on Saturday morning: “Every year at the end of the season, it’s important to evaluate all facets of the program and look for ways to improve. The Chancellor, [incoming athletic director Steve Newmark] and I are doing that together now and will continue to have discussions over the coming days.”
The Tar Heels’ collapse vs. 11-seed VCU on Thursday night in the NCAAs is what has sent the situation into tumult. I’ve got a longer story on Davis and UNC here. If UNC stakeholders are doing their jobs, they are checking in on all potential big-name candidates this weekend to see what next steps are viable. You can’t let this drag on for too much longer. Some on the ground at North Carolina are surprised at the lack of action, but keep in mind Davis’ stature as an alum and all that he’s given to the university. If/when he moves on, school leadership wants to handle it as delicately as possible.
There’s also the huge financial burden that comes with a coaching change. UNC is not flush with cash, not at all.
As soon as there’s more, we’ll have it here at CBSSports.com/on the CBS Sports app.
Elsewhere …
We’ve had two high-major jobs filled in the past few days. Providence has agreed to a five-year contract with South Florida coach Bryan Hodgson, bringing about a marriage that was first rumored in early March. Hodgson is 70-37 (.654) in three years as a head coach (also including his time at Arkansas State). I think the fit could be really good here. Providence fans and Hodgson alike will have immediate expectations of making the NCAA Tournament in Year 1, thanks to a hefty set of resources to work with once portal season officially begins in the second week of April.
“I’m incredibly honored and excited to be named the next head coach of the Providence Friars men’s basketball program,” Hodgson stated in a statement. “This is a program with a proud tradition, passionate fan base, and a city that truly embraces its team. We’re going to build something that reflects that pride. We will be tough, disciplined, and relentless in our pursuit of excellence.”
Another high-major off the board is down in the Flats: Georgia Tech officially hired Troy coach Scott Cross on Friday, a long-expected result after all other candidates behind the scenes exited the conversation in the week leading up to the school’s official announcement. Cross, 51, has been a head coach for 19 seasons at UT Arlington and Troy, totaling seven league titles and a 350-260 record at the mid-major level.
He got the gig not just because he took Troy to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time in school history, but also due to some connections at GT.
Georgia Tech has struggled to build any type of relevancy in the ACC and on the national scale for close to two decades. In the portal and NIL era, it will be even more difficult. Sources stated the school is not expected to have more than $5.5 million to work with in what’s likely to be just as aggressive a portal market in 2026 as it was in 2025, in or around 20 programs spent north of $10 million on their rosters.
On the mid-major front …
Belmont tapped alum Evan Bradds as its next coach. Bradds has spent this past season with Duke in his first year under Jon Scheyer and will join Belmont after the Blue Devils’ run in the NCAA tourney is over.
The 31-year-old has a terrific reputation and is viewed as one of the sharper young minds in basketball; it’s why Scheyer believed in him enough to bring him on one of the most coveted coaching staffs in college hoops. Bradds played at Belmont from 2013-17 and was a terrific mid-major scorer, winning OVC Player of the Year as a junior and senior. He finished his time under Rick Byrd with 1,921 points and made 66.7% of his shots. Before pivoting to college coaching, Bradds worked his way up with the Boston Celtics and its G League team before working with the Utah Jazz as an assistant.
Here are our high-major carousel headlines from March:
»Bryan Hodgson hired at Providence
»Wes Miller was sacked at Cincinnati
»Jeff Capel will be back for Year 9 at Pitt
»Providence’s Kim English is out
»Bobby Hurley’s time up at ASU; he told me he wants another job ASAP
»Syracuse cut ties with Red Autry
»Georgia Tech fired Damon Stoudamire
»Boston College fired Earl Grant.
MORE: 25 names to know for this year’s cycle
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High-majors
ARIZONA STATE | OUT: Bobby Hurley
Hurley leaves with the second-most wins in program history and wants to keep coaching/run a program. If I’m Boston College, I’m doing whatever I can to convince Hurley to come. But Hurley also told me he’d take something at the mid-major level. As for the next guy in Tempe, that’s up for debate but there is a name with some buzz that most won’t recognize: Derek Glasser. The UC Santa Barbara assistant calls James Harden a close friend and there’s speculation that hiring Glasser could be crucial to ASU’s NIL capabilities. (To me, that is very up for speculation.) Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett has engaged with ASU and is, at the very least, open to a discussion. Still not determined if he’ll seriously consider taking the job; it seems he’s ASU’s top option.
BUTLER | OUT: Thad Matta
Matta retired on Monday morning, ending a four-year experiment that didn’t see BU move the needle in the Big East. The 58-year-old went 63-69 with the Bulldogs and never finished better than seventh in the conference. The news was all the more surprising considering that just a few days ago, Butler athletic director Grant Leiendecker publicly stated Matta would be back for a fifth season.Ultimately, it’s probably the right move. Butler needs some new energy, and there is a window to try and move up in the Big East. Names to know for the opening: former Butler guard Ronald Nored, Miami University coach Travis Steele, UNI coach Ben Jacobson and Akron’s John Groce are a good four-pack to start with.
BOSTON COLLEGE | OUT: Earl Grant
This one was expected for months. There are 79 jobs in the Power Five leagues, and Boston College, unfortunately and unquestionably, ranks in the bottom five. Grant couldn’t win there, but this is an institutional problem as much as anything else. Minimal fan support, bottom of the league in NIL capability, and the basketball there ranks below football and hockey in the priority order. Will take a very specific fit to even give the Eagles a shot at fighting into the middle of the ACC. UConn assistant Luke Murray and Vermont head coach John Becker remain involved. A third round of interviews is happening this weekend, according to a source. There is some Eric Olen smoke still lingering here, too, for whatever that may or may not be worth.
CINCINNATI | OUT: Wes Miller
The Bearcats had to make a change after going five straight seasons without an NCAA bid, even if Miller’s teams came close three times. The official split will come at the end of the month. Jerrod Calhoun (Utah State) is an alum and the presumed frontrunner. I don’t expect anyone else to get the job at this point. Utah State plays Arizona on Sunday night in the Round of 32.
GEORGIA TECH | OUT: Damon Stoudamire »» IN: Scott Cross
Sources stated the buyout for the 52-year-old Stoudamire was just $2.6 million, which made the decision that much easier after a 42-55 record in three seasons. This is a bottom-four job in the ACC despite its terrific location due to its lack of success over the past two decades, its relatively tough academic parameters and its limitations in NIL. Sources told me Tech will top out at $3.5 million in revenue sharing and maybe an additional $2 million after that. And yet, the 2026 portal market will likely mandate high-major teams to work with at least $6 million in order to be somewhat competitive. As was first declared here, Cross was the guy. The school made it official on Friday.
KANSAS STATE | OUT: Jerome Tang »» IN: Casey Alexander
The first power conference job to hit the market in 2026, and it did so in a noisy fashion. Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor fired Tang for cause on Feb. 15. University lawyers and Tang’s legal representation are in an ongoing legal dispute over the validity of a for-cause firing, which, if K-State were successful, would mean $0 owed to Tang. If fully unsuccessful, Tang has more than $18 million coming his way. I’m expecting a settlement with terms undisclosed. Alexander and K-State agreed to terms on March 12 after it was clear that Jerrod Calhoun wasn’t going to leave Utah State for Manhattan, Kansas.
PROVIDENCE | OUT: Kim English »» IN: Bryan Hodgson
PC finished 15-18 this season, and English was unable to get the school to the NCAAs in three seasons on the job. Hodgson agreed to a five-year contract late Saturday night. The Friars will be well-stocked; sources stated the program will be well north of $10 million in this year’s portal cycle, which will be critical as Hodgson is expected to turn over almost the entire roster. PC bringing on the soon-to-be 39-year-old is a personality fit. He doesn’t run from a battle and is a guy who loves to punch up. The Big East just got more interesting.
SYRACUSE | OUT: Adrian Autry
The Orange’s season finished with an 86-69 loss to SMU in the ACC Tournament; Syracuse was a 14-seed in the league bracket. Jim Boeheim’s successor leaves with a 49-48 record and no NCAA Tournament showings. Autry, 54, was given the job following Boeheim’s retirement in 2023. Autry’s firing after a failed three-year succession plan puts Syracuse in an interesting and unwanted position. Bryan Hodgson reportedly removed his name from consideration, though sources previously told CBS Sports his candidacy for Syracuse wasn’t at the top of the list. With Josh Schertz staying in Saint Louis, the question becomes whether Siena coach/SU alum Gerry McNamara is now the top target after Siena almost upset Duke in Thursday’s first round. Sources still insist there is a split amongst power players at/surrounding the university over whether the next coach should come from inside the family. Two sources stated Akron’s John Groce could still be in play here, in addition to another mystery candidate that seems to be lingering.
Mid-majors
AIR FORCE | OUT: Joe Scott »» IN: Joe Crispin
Scott had two runs at Air Force, the first from 1999-2004, the second from 2020 until earlier this year, when Scott was put on leave in January amid an investigation into his treatment of players. That ultimately led to a severance between he and the school, though the two sides ended things amicably with kind words when the split was made official on Feb. 26. A military academy program in the Mountain West, Air Force easily ranks among the 10 toughest jobs in all of college hoops. Crispin, 46, will leave Penn State as an assistant to take on his first head coaching opportunity.
BALL STATE | OUT: Mike Lewis »» IN: Chris Capko
The Cardinals had Lewis in charge for four seasons, but the last three were all under .500. With this year’s team going 12-19, rumors bubbled up in late January that the job would come up. Lewis, a former UCLA assistant under Mick Cronin, went 61-64 in the MAC. The team hasn’t made the NCAAs since 2000 under Ray McCallum. Capko comes aboard after years of working under Andy Enfield at USC and SMU.
BELMONT | OUT: Casey Alexander »» IN: Evan Bradds
Alexander was anxious to leave after more than proving his value over the past seven seasons in Nashville. He tallied a 166-60 record with the Bruins, continuing the impressive legacy built out by his former coach and mentor Rick Byrd. Bradds spent this past season at Duke after cutting his teeth in the NBA with the Jazz and Celtics. He played at Belmont and graduated in 2017 after winning OVC POY. At 31, he’ll likely be the youngest D-I coach next season.
CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD | OUT: Rod Barnes »» IN: Todd Lee
Barnes was fired last September after 14 years at Bakersfield, and the reason is jaw-dropping: One of his former assistants was federally charged for allegations of pimping, among other heinous illegal activities. There have also been changes in leadership in the athletic department and this is a cash-strapped job that’s extremely difficult. Lee, who’s coached for more than three decades, spent recent seasons on Eric Musselman’s staff but was also an assistant at Bakersfield in the ’90s.
CHARLOTTE | OUT: Aaron Fearne
The 49ers made the move after three years with Fearne, who went 17-17 this season and 47-51 overall. The change had been rumored about for more than a month. Three names under consideration: Wes Miller, former NC State coach Kevin Keatts, Duke assistant Emanuel Dildy. The school has some solid financial backing for NIL moving forward thanks to some investments by local billionaire Ric Elias. I think this is Miller’s job. We should know if that’s the case no later than Tuesday.
DARTMOUTH | OUT: Dave McLaughlin
The school did not renew McLaughlin’s contract. The Big Green job is almost universally considered the toughest in the eight-school Ivy League, so picking a next coach will be difficult. McLaughlin came on in 2016 and was 87-161 with a 41-85 conference record.
EASTERN MICHIGAN | OUT: Stan Heath »» IN: Billy Donlon
The Eagles are starting over after five years under Heath. EMU was 57-98 the last five seasons and only finished .500 once both overall and in the MAC (in 2024-25). The location is good for a MAC program (less than 15 minutes from Michigan’s campus, in fact) but the resources are bottom half of the league. That will need to change. Donlon is an assistant at Clemson and has a 155-133 record at Wright State and Kansas City.
FIU | OUT: Jeremy Ballard »» IN: Joey Cantens
Ballard was sacked after his eighth season on the job. The CUSA program had winning seasons in Ballard’s first two years but averaged 12 wins over the last six. Cantens came from behind to land the gig over some sitting high-major assistants. His teams went 109-21 in-state at Daytona State College in the D-II ranks. The 39-year-old is a local who grew up in Miami.
GEORGIA STATE | OUT: Jonas Hayes
Hayes lasted four seasons and leaves Atlanta with a 48-79 record at the Sun Belt-based program. The school will still draw in some promising mid-major candidates because of its location and potential in that league.
KANSAS CITY | OUT: Marvin Menzies »» IN: Mark Turgeon
A huge get for the Roos, who have pulled off a rarity: A school with zero NCAA Tournament appearances hired a coach with at least 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, at least 15 years of experience of high-major coaching and at least 450 wins. The only other instance of this that I can recall where that exact scenario applied is when High Point hired Tubby Smith in 2018, but he was an alum. Turgeon played at Kansas and therefore has some semi-local ties. He heads to the Summit League with a healthy boost in NIL support, determined not to let his rickety exit from Maryland in 2021 be the end of his story.
LAMAR | OUT: Alvin Brooks »» Jordan Fee
Fee? Hit the Phish. Lamar is hiring the FAU assistant with a really good rep as an up-and-comer who’s had previous success at some non-D1 spots. Could be one of the best mid-major gets of this cycle. Brooks went 62-95 across five seasons in the Southland. This season’s team went 12-19 overall. The Cardinals last made the NCAA Tournament in 2012 under Pat Knight.
LITTLE ROCK | OUT: Darrell Walker »» IN: Travis Ford
Walker’s team went 12-20 this season and finished seventh in the OVC. He leaves after eight seasons and with a 113-133 record. If you followed the tracker, you saw I had Ford’s name as the frontrunner basically from the start. The process was a little clunky and took a scenic route to getting there, but Little Rock brings on a guy with 20-plus seasons as a head coach and almost 500 wins. Ford was most recently at Saint Louis but also Oklahoma State and UMass prior to that.
UL MONROE | OUT: Phil Cunningham
A one-and-done in the Sun Belt. Cunningham was the head coach this past season after serving as an assistant the year prior. The team went 4-28 this year, ranking 350th out of 365 teams at KenPom. The bad record combined with the school switching ADs in the past five months led to the change.
NORTH FLORIDA | OUT: Matt Driscoll »» IN: Bobby Kennen
This job had been open dating back to last May, when Driscoll left after 16 seasons to be Jerome Tang’s top assistant at Kansas State. Now Driscoll is wrapping up a disappointing season in Manhattan, Kansas, in the wake of Tang’s mid-February firing. At UNF, the Ospreys struggled under Kennen; the team went 7-24 this season. Nevertheless, he’s got the full-time gig. UNF’s been a D-I program for two decades, with its lone NCAA Tournament trip coming in 2015 under Driscoll.
Northern Illinois | OUT: Rashon Burno »» IN: Matt Majkrzak
Burno bounced after five seasons, all of them under .500. This year’s team finished 9-21 and 319th at KenPom at the time of Burno’s (expected) resignation. He went 48-106 in one of the toughest jobs in the MAC. As was previously noted in this here capsule, Majkrzak was a leading candiate from the onset. The 35-year-old had a 136-73 in seven seasons at Northern Michigan in Division II.
OREGON STATE | OUT: Wayne Tinkle »» IN: Justin Joyner
For Tinkle, the high point was the unexpected run to the Elite Eight in the 2021 COVID NCAA tourney, when the Beavers won three games as a 12-seed after earning the auto bid by winning the Pac-12 Tournament. Joyner is a fresh new face and represents and optimistic new start for the Beavers as the Pac-12 rebirth will commence later this year. Joyner is on a five-year contract and will try to compete in the league with the likes of Gonzaga, Boise State, San Diego State, Utah State.
PEPPERDINE | OUT: Ed Schilling
Two-and-through for Schilling, who was a surprising hire in 2024. The Waves went 22-45 the past two seasons and won just eight games in the WCC. Pepperdine famously has one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, but it’s also a school with strong religious ties and therefore will have specific criteria for its next coach. Cal Baptist coach Rick Croy could be a name to watch here.
SAN DIEGO | OUT: Steve Lavin »» IN: JR Blount
The 61-year-old Lavin couldn’t bring the program to consistency in the Gonzaga-dominated WCC. USD has not made the NCAAs since 2008 under Bill Grier. Athletic director Kimya Massey moved even more quickly than most expected when he brought on Blount, who’s seen his reputation rise quickly the past two seasons at Iowa State. This was a competitive job opening. I highlighted Blount just last week in my names-to-know piece for this year’s carousel cycle. He’s considered among the sharpest young defensive minds in high-major hoops, but beyond that, he has an outstanding reputation for his dedication to the job.
SOUTH FLORIDA | OUT: Bryan Hodgson
With Hodgson’s expected move to Providence, USF will be the only team in the sport to have five coaches in a five-year span. In 2022-23, Brian Gregory was in charge and got fired. Amir Abdur-Rahim took over, revived the program, then tragically died in in October 2024, weeks before his second season was set to begin. Ben Fletcher was the interim in 2024-25 and then Hodgson got the job. Next up? We’ll see. Bobby Hurley might be a name heavily in the mix. Takayo Siddle also had serious contact with the opening in March of 2025 before Hodgson won out.
ST. BONAVENTURE | OUT: Mark Schmidt
Schmidt, 63, leaves the profession with a terrific reputation. Bonaventure is an extremely tough job, yet he won 339 games most in program history, and captured four combined conference titles. With Schmidt leaving, program GM and prominent former NBA national reporter Adrian Wojnarowski will work with school leadership to try and land a coach on the cheap who is about leaning into the challenges and culture of Bonaventure. I’ve been told that this job is going to be a significant pay cut from what Schmidt was making after 19 years and all the pay bumps that come with such a long tenure. Bona doesn’t have any revenue sharing and needs to fundraise all of its capital in order to try and field a roster that can compete in the A-10; Wojnarowski has a huge task ahead, to be sure. Two early names rumored for the job are both alums: Washington Wizards assistant David Vanterpool and D-II Daemen College coach Mike MacDonald, who’s done well at that level.
TARLETON STATE | OUT: Billy Gillispie »» IN: Eric Haut
Gillispie oversaw Tarleton State’s transition into Division I, with the high point being a 25-10 season in 2023-24. The WAC-based school went 92-90 in six years at the D-I level under Gillispie. The university, based in Stephenville, Texas, is about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth. Haut will join the program after Utah State finishes playing in the NCAA tourney. He’s been a valuable assistant at USU, Northern Kentucky and Kent State. Was due for a shot at running his own show.
TENNESSEE TECH | OUT: John Pelphrey »» IN: Tobin Anderson
Pelphrey lasted seven years in the Ohio Valley and went 79–138 at what is obviously a very hard job with limited resources. TTU last won the regular-season title in the OVC in 2005, but it landed the best guy possible. Anderson famously coached FDU to a 16-over-1 upset of Purdue in the 2023 NCAAs. He potentially could’ve gotten a bigger job this cycle. Big coup for this school.
UNCG | OUT: Mike Jones »» IN: Jerod Haase
Something of a surprise here, as Jones went 93-69 and didn’t get his contract extended. The Spartans went 15-19 this season, the only one of Jones’ five that didn’t end above .500. The job is considered in the top third in the SoCon. Haase got the job after two years away from coaching. He’s 206-180 at UAB and Stanford. The Carolina connection was big in getting him the gig.
UTRGV | OUT: Kahil Fennel
Tough loss for the Vaqueros, who had Fennel for two seasons but did not have the resources to keep a quality up-and-coming coach around for Year 3. The Southland program will plumb the depths to see if they can land an assistant at a power conference school.
WAGNER | OUT: Donald Copeland (?)
Wagner was coached by interim Dwan McMillan since the start of the season after Copeland was put on indefinite leave amid a school investigation into alleged abusive coaching tactics, including withholding water breaks during practice. One former player went on record with the New York Post last fall to confirm the allegations, but the school has yet to fire Copeland, who is still listed on the team’s website. The Seahawks went 14-17 and lost in the NEC semis to LIU.
WEBER STATE | OUT: Eric Duft
We have a Brad Stevens-esque transition in the Big Sky. Duft has been with the program for two decades, but he’s not being fired. He’s going into the athletic department with a title of President of Basketball Operations and Development for the men’s basketball program. He’ll be working with Damian Lillard, who’s labeled as Weber State’s GM, to get the Wildcats to a better spot, roster-wise, for the net coach. Duft was the head coach the past four years.
WESTERN MICHIGAN | OUT: Dwayne Stephens »» IN: Kahil Fennel
The former Michigan State assistant lasted four seasons in Kalamazoo, going 42-84. The Broncos came extremely close to ending Miami University’s undefeated run on Feb. 27 before falling in the final second 69-67. The school last made the NCAAs in 2014. Fennel, 43, arrives via UTRGV, where he went 35-29 the past two seasons. A pretty solid get at a place with enough to be a player in the MAC in the next two years.
