SMU males’s basketball coach Tim Jankovich broadcasts retirement

After 39 seasons in school teaching, SMU‘s Tim Jankovich has introduced his retirement, the college introduced Tuesday.

Jankovich, 62, has been at SMU since 2012, spending the primary 4 years because the affiliate head coach and the final six as head coach. Total, he has spent 39 years in school teaching, with a profession file of 282-185 together with different head-coaching stops at Illinois State and North Texas.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to have coached at SMU for the previous 10 years,” Jankovich stated. “… Basketball has been on the middle of my life for the reason that eighth grade, together with 39 years in school teaching. I’ve cherished and cherished each minute of it. However with these unbelievable reminiscences has come super sacrifice.

“I discover myself at a stage in life the place I now not can in good conscience make the mandatory sacrifices that this place calls for. I really feel a robust pull to spend extra time with the individuals whom I’ve sadly uncared for probably the most through the years — my dad, my household and my buddies. That is why I’ve determined to step down and retire from my place as head basketball coach. We have now cherished our time right here at SMU and can cherish our reminiscences endlessly.”

The Mustangs have been one of many remaining groups not noted of the NCAA event this season, going 24-9 with two wins over Memphis and a victory over Houston. Their season ended Sunday with a 12-point house loss to Washington State within the NIT.

Total, Jankovich’s file at SMU was 125-64.

He led the Mustangs to a 9-Zero file as interim head coach in 2015-16 earlier than taking on for Larry Brown in July 2016. In his first full season on the helm, Jankovich guided SMU to a 30-5 marketing campaign, ending 17-1 within the AAC and incomes a 6-seed within the NCAA event. That was the Mustangs’ lone NCAA event look below Jankovich, nonetheless, because the group earned NIT bids the previous two seasons.

Previous to becoming a member of SMU’s program, Jankovich spent 29 years at 12 totally different faculties, together with 5 seasons as head coach at Illinois State. He guided the Redbirds to 4 NIT appearances, successful no less than 21 video games and ending within the high three of the Missouri Valley Convention 4 occasions over that span.

North Texas‘ Grant McCasland is the highest goal to switch Jankovich at SMU, sources advised ESPN.

McCasland, who has deep teaching roots in Texas, led the Imply Inexperienced to an NCAA event win over Purdue Boilermakers final season and a Convention USA regular-season title this season.