2008–09 ncaa division i men's basketball season
coaching changes
Table:
Team

Former
Coach

Interim
Coach

New
Coach

Reason

Alabama

Mark Gottfried

Philip Pearson

Anthony Grant

Gottfried resigned mid-season and was replaced by VCU's Grant after the season[119]

Appalachian State

Houston Fancher

Buzz Peterson

Fancher resigned,[120] the Mountaineers re-hired former head coach Peterson.[121]

Arizona

Lute Olson

Russ Pennell

Sean Miller

Olson retired after learning from his doctor that he had a stroke.

Army

Jim Crews

Zach Spiker[122]

Crews was fired only weeks before the start of practice[123]

Boston University

Dennis Wolff

Pat Chambers[124]

Wolff was fired after 15 seasons at BU.[125]

Cal Poly

Kevin Bromley

Joe Callero

Bromley was fired following a 3-win season.[126]

Elon

Ernie Nestor

Matt Matheny

Nestor resigned,[127] Davidson assistant Matt Matheny was hired as head coach after the season[128]

Fairleigh Dickinson

Tom Green

Greg Vetrone

Green was fired after 26 years at the helm.[129]

Florida International

Sergio Rouco

Isiah Thomas[130]

Rouco was fired after five losing seasons in his five years at FIU.[131]

Georgia

Dennis Felton

Pete Herrman

Mark Fox

Felton is fired after seven straight losses[132]

Georgia Southern

Jeff Price

Charlton Young

Price resigned after an 8-win season[133]

Grambling

Rick Duckett

Bobby Washington

Duckett left under uncertain circumstances following the death of Grambling player Henry White[134]

Hampton

Kevin Nickelberry

Edward Joyner

Nickelberry resigned after three seasons.[135]

High Point

Bart Lundy

Scott Cherry

Lundy was fired after a 21-loss season and last-place Big South finish[136]

Holy Cross

Ralph Willard

Sean Kearney[137]

Willard returns to Rick Pitino's Louisville staff as an assistant[138]

Kentucky

Billy Gillispie

John Calipari

Gillispie was fired after two years and missing the NCAA tournament[139]

Liberty

Ritchie McKay

Dale Layer

McKay left Liberty after the transfer of Seth Curry to become Associate Head Coach for new Virginia coach Tony Bennett.[140]

Loyola Marymount

Bill Bayno

Max Good

Bayno resigned for medical reasons.[141]

Memphis

John Calipari

Josh Pastner

Calipari left to take the Kentucky job.[142]

Nevada

Mark Fox

David Carter

Fox left to take the Georgia job.[143] Nevada elevated assistant Carter to replace him.[144]

NC Central

Henry Dickerson

LeVelle Moton

North Florida

Matt Kilcullen

Matthew Driscoll

Portland State

Ken Bone

Tyler Geving

Portland State promoted assistant Geving after Bone keft for Washington State[145]

Seattle

Joe Callero

Cameron Dollar[146]

Callero keft for the Cal Poly job.[147]

Southern California

Tim Floyd

Kevin O'Neill[148]

Floyd resigned following allegations that player O. J. Mayo was paid during his time at USC.[149]

Southeast Missouri State

Scott Edgar

Zac Roman

Dickey Nutt[150]

Edgar was fired while on administrative leave over possible major NCAA violations.[151]

Tennessee-Martin

Bret Campbell

Jason James

Campbell resigned after an audit turned up check-cashing irregularities.[152] UTM then hired James, who became the second-youngest coach in Division I.[153]

Tennessee State

Cy Alexander

Mark Pittman

John Cooper

Alexander was fired after starting 6-16, TSU hired Auburn associate head coach Cooper.[154]

Texas-Pan American

Tom Schuberth

Ryan Marks[155]

Virginia

Dave Leitao

Tony Bennett[156]

Leitao resigned just two years removed from an ACC regular-season title.[157]

Virginia Commonwealth

Anthony Grant

Shaka Smart

Popular Grant left for Alabama.[158] VCU hired Florida assistant Smart as his replacement.[159]

Xavier

Sean Miller

Chris Mack[160]

Miller left Xavier to fill the vacancy at Arizona. He had reportedly turned down the job only to change his mind less than 24 hours later.

Washington State

Tony Bennett

Ken Bone[161]

Bennett left for the Virginia job.

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