2005–06 ncaa division i men's basketball season
coaching changes
Table:
Team

Former
Coach

Interim
Coach

New
Coach

Reason

Alabama-Birmingham

Mike Anderson

Mike Davis

After leaving Indiana, Davis returned to his home state – bringing guard Robert Vaden with him.

Arizona State

Rob Evans

Herb Sendek

After a high-profile flirtation with Pitt's Jamie Dixon, Arizona State pulled Sendek from the ACC.[66]

Ball State

Tim Buckley

Ronny Thompson

Buckley was reassigned after a 10–18 season.

Brown

Glen Miller

Craig Robinson

Brown hired former 2-time Ivy player of the year Robinson after Miller leaves for conference rival Penn.

Canisius

Mike MacDonald

Tom Parrotta

Central Michigan

Jay Smith

Ernie Ziegler

Two-time MAC coach of the year Smith left the coaching profession.[67]

Cincinnati

Bob Huggins

Andy Kennedy

Mick Cronin

UC alum Cronin was hired for the head job over interim boss Kennedy.

The Citadel

Pat Dennis

Ed Conroy

Cleveland State

Mike Garland

Gary Waters

College of Charleston

Tom Herrion

Bobby Cremins

College of Charleston made a splash hiring former Georgia Tech head man Cremins after Winthrop's Gregg Marshall accepted the job but then reneged.[68]

Delaware

David Henderson

Monte Ross

Henderson is fired after consecutive 20-loss seasons.

Duquesne

Danny Nee

Ron Everhart

Coaching veteran Nee was fired after a 3–24 season.

Fairfield

Tim O'Toole

Ed Cooley

O'Toole was fired only two years removed from winning MAAC coach of the year honors.

Florida Atlantic

Matt Doherty

Rex Walters

Doherty leaves FAU for SMU after only one year.

Furman

Larry Davis

Jeff Jackson

Hampton

Bobby Collins

Kevin Nickelberry

Hartford

Larry Harrison

Dan Leibovitz

Harrison resigned despite being named America East coach of the year.

Idaho

Leonard Perry

George Pfeifer

Idaho State

Doug Oliver

Joe O'Brien

Oliver announced his resignation mid-season and was replaced in March by three-time JUCO national championship coach O'Brien.

Indiana

Mike Davis

Kelvin Sampson

Davis announced his resignation in February – effective at the end of the season. After a long search process, Indiana hired former Oklahoma coach Sampson.

Iowa State

Wayne Morgan

Greg McDermott

Iowa State fired Morgan in the wake of a recruiting scandal.[69]

Kansas State

Jim Wooldridge

Bob Huggins

K-State hired Huggins after a one-year absence from coaching.

Lamar

Billy Tubbs

Steve Roccaforte

Tubbs stepped down as head coach but remained as Lamar's Athletic Director, turning the team over to assistant Roccaforte.

Manhattan

Bobby Gonzalez

Barry Rohrssen

A hot coach for several seasons, Gonzalez made the move to the Big East and Seton Hall.

McNeese State

Tic Price

Dave Simmons

Mississippi

Rod Barnes

Andy Kennedy

Ole Miss hired native son Kennedy after he was passed over for the permanent head coaching position at Cincinnati after serving as interim for the entire season.

Missouri

Quin Snyder

Melvin Watkins

Mike Anderson

Snyder was fired in February as his status became distracting due to a disappointing season and off-court scandal.[70]

Montana

Larry Krystkowiak

Wayne Tinkle

Montana all-time leading scorer Krystkowiak left Montana for an assistant coaching job with the Milwaukee Bucks, while his former Grizzly teammate and assistant Tinkle is promoted.

Montana State

Mick Durham

Brad Huse

Morehead State

Kyle Macy

Donnie Tyndall

Former Kentucky All-American Macy resigns after a 4–23 season.

Morgan State

Butch Beard

Todd Bozeman

Bozeman returns to coaching after an eight-year ban over recruiting violations at Cal.[71]

Murray State

Mick Cronin

Billy Kennedy

Nebraska

Barry Collier

Doc Sadler

Collier left Nebraska to become Athletic Director at Butler.

New Orleans

Monte Towe

Buzz Williams

Towe made the unusual move of leaving a head coaching spot to take the Associate head coach spot at his alma mater, NC State.

North Carolina State

Herb Sendek

Sidney Lowe

After a lengthy search process, former Wolfpack guard Lowe comes in from an assistant coaching job with the Detroit Pistons.

UNC-Wilmington

Brad Brownell

Benny Moss

Northeastern

Ron Everhart

Bill Coen

Northern Colorado

Craig Rasmuson

Tad Boyle

Northern Iowa

Greg McDermott

Ben Jacobson

UNI promoted top assistant Jacobson after McDermott left for Iowa State.

Oklahoma

Kelvin Sampson

Jeff Capel

Oklahoma tapped VCU's Capel after Sampson left for Indiana.

Oklahoma State

Eddie Sutton

Sean Sutton

Eddie Sutton turned the Cowboys over to son Sean.

Penn

Fran Dunphy

Glen Miller

Penn raided conference foe Brown to hire Miller away after Dunphy moved across town to coach Temple.

Pepperdine

Paul Westphal

Vance Walberg

Former Phoenix Suns coach Westphal was fired after a 7–20 season.

Portland

Michael Holton

Eric Reveno

Rutgers

Gary Waters

Fred Hill

Waters announced that he would resign late in the season. After the season he was replaced by assistant Hill

Saint Peter's

Bob Leckie

John Dunne

Seton Hall

Louis Orr

Bobby Gonzalez

Seton Hall turns to Manhattan's Gonzalez after Orr is fired.

Southern Methodist

Jimmy Tubbs

Matt Doherty

Tubbs was fired after an internal investigation uncovered NCAA violations.[72]

South Carolina State

Ben Betts

Jamal Brown

Betts left to join Jeff Capel's staff at Oklahoma.

Southeast Missouri State

Gary Garner

Scott Edgar

Temple

John Chaney

Fran Dunphy

Chaney retired after 24 seasons at Temple, allowing Dunphy to become the first man ever to coach at two different Big 5 schools.[73]

Texas-Arlington

Eddie McCarter

Scott Cross

Texas-Pan American

Robert Davenport

Tom Schuberth

Texas-San Antonio

Tim Carter

Brooks Thompson

Texas State

Dennis Nutt

Doug Davalos

UTEP

Doc Sadler

Tony Barbee

UTEP tapped Memphis assistant Barbee after Sadler left for Nebraska.

Virginia Commonwealth

Jeff Capel

Anthony Grant

VCU hired Florida assistant Grant after Capel left for the Big 12.

Washington State

Dick Bennett

Tony Bennett

Dick Bennett retired, handing the reins to his son and assistant Tony.

Weber State

Joe Cravens

Randy Rahe

Winston-Salem State

Phillip Stitt

Bobby Collins

Collins was hired from Hampton to lead the Rams into their first season of Division I play.

Wright State

Paul Biancardi

Brad Brownell

Biancardi stepped down after being barred from recruiting by the NCAA over recruiting violations that occurred while Biancardi was at Ohio State.[74]

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