The Bulldogs improved significantly late this season but did not have the wins reflecting it. The team has been burdened by injuries during two pandemic seasons. 5, its highest in-season ranking ever, but missed out on the canceled NCAA tournament. In Jordan’s first year, 2018, at age 38, he was the second-youngest coach out of 68 making the NCAA tournament. They lacked size even before 6-8 Bryce Golden announced he was entering the transfer portal to take his additional season elsewhere.

Those players include sophomores Chuck Harris, Myles Tate and Myles Wilmoth, freshmen Jayden Taylor, Simas Lukosius, DJ Hughes and Pierce Thomas, and 6-10 recruit Connor Turnbull.īefore Jordan was fired, Harris, the Bulldogs’ top scorer with a 11.4 average, posted on his Twitter account he would be back.īutler will be active in the transfer portal, especially in bringing in bigs. In an era of the transfer portal, the Bulldogs must also see if they retain a young core. View Gallery: Butler basketball fires coach LaVall Jordan Collier recruited Jordan as a player, coached him, hired him as the Bulldogs' first Black head basketball coach. So until Friday, Butler had one firing in nearly a century.Ī pivotal decision by athletic director Barry Collier is whether to stay within the Butler family for a new coach or to go outside. George Theofanis and Brandon Miller resigned in 19, respectively.

Sexson was ousted in 1989 after 12 seasons. Since Tony Hinkle arrived in 1926, Butler has hired one coach, Joe Sexson, who was not an alum or Butler assistant. 'I want to thank LaVall for his dedication to our program, and we wish him and his family all the best moving forward.”Ī new coach will be Butler’s fifth since 2013.

“These decisions are never easy, but are incredibly more difficult when it impacts a high-character Bulldog who has represented our university so well for many years. “After a thorough evaluation, I have come to the decision that a change in the leadership of our men’s basketball program is needed,” athletic director Barry Collier said in a news release. It was his third losing season out of four, something that had not happened at Butler since the 1980s. The university made the announcement Friday amid speculation Jordan would be fired coming off a 14-19 season, the Bulldogs’ most losses in 32 years. INDIANAPOLIS – LaVall Jordan is out as basketball coach at Butler. Watch Video: Greatest rivalry in sports? How Final Four matchup adds to Duke-UNC mystique

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