Team |
Former coach |
Interim coach |
New coach |
Reason |
Arkansas State |
John Brady |
|
Grant McCasland |
Resigned, effective end of the season.[110] Baylor assistant McCasland was named the new head coach.[111] |
Army |
Zach Spiker |
|
Jimmy Allen |
Spiker left after 7 seasons for the Drexel job,[112] and was replaced by top assistant Allen.[113] |
Canisius |
Jim Baron |
|
Reggie Witherspoon |
Baron announced his immediate retirement on May 20, 2016,[114] with Chattanooga assistant coach and former Buffalo head Coach Witherspoon succeeding him.[115] |
Central Connecticut |
Howie Dickenman |
|
Donyell Marshall |
Dickenman announced his retirement from his alma mater after 20 seasons on February 18, effective at the end of the season.[116] Central Connecticut hired Buffalo assistant Marshall, a former UConn star and NBA player.[117] |
Columbia |
Kyle Smith |
|
Jim Engles |
Smith left after 6 seasons for the San Francisco job.[118] NJIT coach Engles was hired as a replacement.[119] |
Cornell |
Bill Courtney |
|
Brian Earl |
Courtney's contract was not renewed by Cornell for the 2016-17 season.[120] The Big Red hired Princeton assistant Earl.[121] |
Dartmouth |
Paul Cormier |
|
David McLaughlin |
Cormier was fired after 6 seasons into his 2nd stint as Dartmouth head coach.[122] David McLaughlin is named as the new HC of the Dartmouth Big Green after being at Northeastern.[123] |
Delaware |
Monté Ross |
|
Martin Ingelsby |
Ross was fired after 10 seasons at Delaware[124] and replaced by Notre Dame assistant Ingelsby.[125] |
Denver |
Joe Scott |
|
Rodney Billups |
Scott was fired after 9 seasons at Denver and replaced by Colorado assistant and ex-Pioneer player Billups.[126][127] |
Detroit |
Ray McCallum |
|
Bacari Alexander |
Detroit cleaned out its program after the season, starting with McCallum and two of his assistants.[128] Michigan assistant Bacari Alexander returns to his alma mater to become the head coach the Titans.[129] |
Drexel |
Bruiser Flint |
|
Zach Spiker |
On March 7, 2016, following the end of Drexel's season, Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.[130] Spiker was hired from Army.[112] |
George Washington |
Mike Lonergan |
Maurice Joseph |
Despite leading the Colonials to the NIT title, Lonergan was fired on September 16 amid a university investigation into alleged verbal and emotional abuse of players.[131] GW promoted assistant Joseph on an interim basis[132] and removed the "interim" tag after the 2016–17 season, signing him to a 5-year contract.[133] |
Georgia Tech |
Brian Gregory |
|
Josh Pastner |
Gregory was fired after missing the NCAA tournament in all five of his seasons at Georgia Tech.[134] Memphis head coach Pastner was ultimately hired.[135] |
Jacksonville State |
James Green |
|
Ray Harper |
Green was fired after the season[136] and succeeded by recently departed Western Kentucky coach Harper.[137] |
James Madison |
Matt Brady |
|
Louis Rowe |
On March 14, 2016, Brady "mutually parted ways" with the Dukes as after eight seasons and one NCAA appearance. JMU's athletic director cited declining attendance and poor performances in the CAA tournament.[138] Former JMU player and Bowling Green assistant Rowe was named the new head coach.[139] |
Little Rock |
Chris Beard |
|
Wes Flanigan |
Beard left after a single season to take the UNLV job,[140] though he would later move to Texas Tech.[141] Assistant coach Flanigan was elevated to the head coaching role.[142] |
Memphis |
Josh Pastner |
|
Tubby Smith |
Pastner left Memphis after 7 seasons for the Georgia Tech job[135] and was replaced by Texas Tech coach Smith.[143] |
Milwaukee |
Rob Jeter |
|
LaVall Jordan |
Jeter was fired after 11 seasons at Milwaukee[144] and was replaced by Michigan assistant Jordan.[145] |
New Mexico State |
Marvin Menzies |
|
Paul Weir |
Menzies left after 9 seasons for the Rebels of UNLV HC job.[146] After being the Associate HC of the Aggies, Paul Weir now will take the reins of the HC of the Aggies.[147] |
Nicholls State |
J. P. Piper |
|
Richie Riley |
Piper was fired following the season.[148] Former Assistant Coach at Clemson, Richie Riley has become the new HC of the Colonels.[149] |
NJIT |
Jim Engles |
|
Brian Kennedy |
Engles left NJIT after 8 seasons for Columbia.[119] Assistant coach Brian Kennedy was named as the next HC of the Highlanders.[150] |
North Carolina A&T |
Cy Alexander |
Jay Joyner |
Alexander resigned on January 29 to pursue other opportunities within North Carolina A&T's athletics department.[151] Alexander compiled an overall record of 43–80 during his 3+ years as North Carolina A&T's head coach, including a 5–17 mark in 2015–16 at the time of his resignation.[151] Joyner had the interim tag removed on March 7 to become the next full-time head coach.[152] |
Northern Colorado |
B. J. Hill |
|
Jeff Linder |
Hill was fired while Northern Colorado was under NCAA investigation.[153] The Bears hired Boise State assistant Linder.[154] |
Oklahoma State |
Travis Ford |
|
Brad Underwood |
Ford was fired after nine seasons at Oklahoma State[155] Underwood took the job after leading Stephen F. Austin to NCAA tournament success.[156] |
Pacific |
Ron Verlin |
Mike Burns |
Damon Stoudamire |
Pacific fired Verlin on March 3, along with assistant Dwight Young. Both had been suspended since December amid an NCAA investigation into alleged academic misconduct.[157] The Tigers hired Memphis assistant Stoudamire, better known for his 13 seasons as an NBA player.[158] |
Pittsburgh |
Jamie Dixon |
|
Kevin Stallings |
Dixon left Pittsburgh after 13 years to take the head coach job at his alma mater, TCU.[159] The Panthers hired Stallings away from Vanderbilt.[160] |
Portland |
Eric Reveno |
|
Terry Porter |
Reveno was fired after 10 seasons and an overall 140–178 record, finishing with a 12–20 season in 2015–16.[161] The Pilots hired one of their city's basketball icons in Porter, a longtime star for the Portland Trail Blazers who later had extensive NBA coaching experience.[162] |
Prairie View |
Byron Rimm |
|
Rimm announced his resignation on January 27, effective immediately, with the Panthers at 1–18 on the season. Rimm had only two winning seasons in 10 seasons as head coach. Assistant Byron Smith was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[163] Prairie View removed the interim tag from Smith on March 13.[164] |
Rutgers |
Eddie Jordan |
|
Steve Pikiell |
Jordan was fired on March 10 after three seasons at his alma mater. Jordan compiled an overall record of 29–68, ending with a 7–25 overall record and a 1–15 Big Ten record in 2015–16.[165] The Scarlet Knights turned to Stony Brook coach Pikiell.[166] |
Saint Louis |
Jim Crews |
|
Travis Ford |
Crews was fired on March 9 after four seasons. The Billikens made the NCAA tournament in each of Crews' first two seasons as head coach, but went 11–21 in each of the last two seasons.[167] SLU replaced Crews with newly departed Oklahoma State coach Ford.[168] |
San Francisco |
Rex Walters |
|
Kyle Smith |
Walters was fired on March 9, following the West Coast Conference tournament, after eight seasons in charge. After a run of three postseason appearances in four seasons, the Dons finished under .500 in WCC play in both 2014–15 and 2015–16.[169] USF hired Columbia's Smith fresh off the Lions' CIT victory.[118] |
Santa Clara |
Kerry Keating |
|
Herb Sendek |
Keating was fired after 9 seasons at Santa Clara.[170] Ex-Arizona State head coach Sendek was hired as head coach of the Broncos.[171] |
SMU |
Larry Brown |
|
Tim Jankovich |
Brown surprisingly stepped down as SMU coach on July 8, 2016 after 4 seasons. Jankovich, who had been hired along with Brown in 2012 as his top assistant and designated successor, was elevated to the top spot.[172] |
South Dakota State |
Scott Nagy |
|
T. J. Otzelberger |
Nagy left S. Dakota St. after 21 seasons for the Wright State job[173] and was replaced by Iowa State assistant Otzelberger.[174] |
Southern Utah |
Nick Robinson |
|
Todd Simon |
Robinson was fired after a 28-90 record in 4 seasons at SUU.[175] Former UNLV interim head coach Simon was hired to replace Robinson.[176] |
Stanford |
Johnny Dawkins |
|
Jerod Haase |
Dawkins was fired after eight seasons,[177] and replaced by UAB head coach Haase.[178] |
Stephen F. Austin |
Brad Underwood |
|
Kyle Keller |
Underwood left SFA after 3 seasons for Oklahoma State and was replaced by Texas A&M assistant Keller.[179][180] |
Stony Brook |
Steve Pikiell |
|
Jeff Boals |
Pikiell left Stony Brook after 11 seasons for the Rutgers job and was replaced by Ohio State assistant Boals.[181][182] |
TCU |
Trent Johnson |
|
Jamie Dixon |
Johnson was fired after four seasons, a 50–79 overall record at the school, and an 8–64 record in Big 12 play.[183] He was replaced by Pittsburgh head coach and former TCU player Dixon.[159] |
Tennessee–Martin |
Heath Schroyer |
|
Schroyer left his post to become assistant head coach at NC State.[184] Assistant Stewart was initially named interim head coach for the 2016–17 season[185] but had the interim tag removed before the start of the season on November 3, 2016, signing a 4-year contract with UT Martin.[186] |
Texas Tech |
Tubby Smith |
|
Chris Beard |
Smith left Texas Tech after 3 seasons for Memphis.[143] After leaving Little Rock for UNLV less than a month earlier, Beard left for Texas Tech, where he had served as an assistant from 2001 to 2011.[141] |
Texas–Rio Grande Valley |
Dan Hipsher |
|
Lew Hill |
Hipsher was fired after 3 seasons at UTRGV.[187] The Vaqueros hired Oklahoma assistant Hill.[188] |
Tulane |
Ed Conroy |
|
Mike Dunleavy |
Word of Conroy's impending firing came to him as he was coaching the Green Wave to an upset victory in the 2016 AAC tournament. The move was made official a few days later.[189] Former NBA coach Dunleavy was hired for his first college coaching job, after a six-year hiatus from coaching.[190] |
UAB |
Jerod Haase |
|
Robert Ehsan |
Haase left UAB after 4 seasons to take the Stanford job[178] and was replaced by assistant Ehsan.[191] |
UCF |
Donnie Jones |
|
Johnny Dawkins |
Jones was fired on March 10 after six seasons. Although he compiled a 100–88 overall record, the Knights went 12–18 overall and 6–12 in American Athletic play this season.[192] Dawkins was hired fresh off his firing by Stanford.[193] |
UMBC |
Aki Thomas |
|
Ryan Odom |
Thomas was fired after 4 seasons and an overall record of 28-95 at UMBC.[194] The Retrievers hired former Charlotte interim head coach Odom.[195] |
UNLV |
Dave Rice |
Todd Simon |
Marvin Menzies |
Rice was fired from his alma mater on January 10. Despite Rice's 98–54 record in four-plus seasons at UNLV, the Runnin' Rebels failed to make the postseason in either of the last two seasons, and an 0–3 start in Mountain West play was apparently the final straw for UNLV; top assistant Simon was named as interim head coach.[196] Following the season, Chris Beard was initially hired from Little Rock after leading the Trojans to NCAA tournament success,[140][197] but left less than a month later for Texas Tech.[141] NMSU head coach Menzies, a UNLV assistant during the Lon Kruger era, was hired to replace Beard.[198] |
UTSA |
Brooks Thompson |
|
Steve Henson |
Thompson was fired on March 10 after 10 seasons. He had a 133–178 overall record, with the Roadrunners finishing this season 5–27 overall and 3–15 in Conference USA play. He was replaced by Oklahoma assistant Henson.[199][200] |
Valparaiso |
Bryce Drew |
|
Matt Lottich |
Drew left his alma mater after 5 seasons to take over at Vanderbilt and was replaced by assistant Lottich.[201][202] |
Vanderbilt |
Kevin Stallings |
|
Bryce Drew |
Stallings left Vanderbilt after 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh job.[160] Vanderbilt hired Bryce Drew from Valparaiso.[201] |
Western Kentucky |
Ray Harper |
|
Rick Stansbury |
Harper resigned on March 17, 2016 after three WKU players were suspended following a school disciplinary hearing,[203] eventually landing at Jacksonville State.[137] The Hilltoppers hired longtime Mississippi State head coach Stansbury from his then-current post as an assistant at Texas A&M.[204] |
Wisconsin |
Bo Ryan |
Greg Gard |
Ryan announced his retirement on December 15, 2015, effective immediately.[205] Top assistant Gard was named as interim head coach; Wisconsin removed the interim tag after the regular season, signing Gard to a 5-year contract.[206] |
Wright State |
Billy Donlon |
|
Scott Nagy |
Despite making it into the finals of the Horizon League tournament, Donlon was fired on March 17 after 6 seasons at Wright State with a 109-93 career record.[207] The Raiders then hired Nagy away from South Dakota State.[173] |
Wyoming |
Larry Shyatt |
|
Allen Edwards |
Shyatt announced his retirement after 5 seasons into his 2nd stint at Wyoming on March 21, 2016, turning the program over to top assistant Edwards.[208] |