Georgia males’s basketball coach Tom Crean fired after 4 seasons with Bulldogs

Georgia fired males’s basketball coach Tom Crean within the wake of a 6-26 season, the varsity introduced Thursday.

Crean’s tenure at Georgia ends after 4 seasons and a 47-75 document, together with a 15-58 mark in SEC video games. The varsity owes Crean a $3.2 million buyout, per his contract.

Crean’s tenure at UGA included No. 1 general decide Anthony Edwards and star big-man Nicolas Claxton, however the Bulldogs completed over .500 simply as soon as in 4 seasons.

Georgia went 14-12 in 2020-21, however the switch of its two main scorers from final season — Sahvir Wheeler to Kentucky and K.D. Johnson to Auburn — had been amongst a flurry of defections that stalled a lot of the progress.

Crean’s rent at Georgia got here after a stint working as an analyst for ESPN. He’d beforehand been the pinnacle coach at each Indiana and Marquette. He’d led Indiana to 4 NCAA tournaments in his ultimate six seasons there and led Marquette to the Last 4 in 2003.

Crean may by no means muster the identical caliber of success in Athens. This yr’s Georgia staff completed 1-17 within the SEC, ending with a 86-51 SEC Match loss to Vanderbilt on Wednesday evening in Tampa, Florida.

“I wish to sincerely thank Coach Crean and his household for his or her dedication to Georgia Basketball,” Georgia AD Josh Brooks mentioned in a press release. “Tom Crean demonstrated unquestionable effort and enthusiasm in what he has tried to perform at Georgia. That mentioned, our expectation is to compete for post-season success in all 21 sports activities. We imagine a management change in males’s basketball is required to attain our objectives.”