A run to the MAAC championship sport wasn’t sufficient to fulfill Iona.
The college surprisingly fired males’s basketball coach Tobin Anderson after simply two seasons on Monday regardless of the No. 4-seeded Gaels reaching the title sport, the place they fell to No. 6 Mount St. Mary’s.
Anderson, 53, changed Rick Pitino two years in the past when Pitino left for St. John’s.
“As the landscape of college basketball continues to evolve, the university is taking strategic steps to position the program for sustained success,” the college stated in an announcement.
Athletic director Matthew Glovaski added, “With the impact of NIL changing college basketball in ways no one could have imagined, Iona feels the need to shift the direction of our men’s basketball program. This requires an overhaul of our entire business model and program structure.”
Iona already has eyes on a substitute as the college is focusing on New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Dan Geriot, in line with ESPN.
Geriot, a former Cavaliers assistant, spent one season as the pinnacle coach of Cleveland’s G League affiliate in 2021-22.
Anderson, who led the second-ever upset by a No. 16 seed within the NCAA Event when Farleigh Dickinson beat No. 1 Purdue two years in the past, had a 16-17 file final season and 17-17 file this season.
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He basically was beginning over after Pitino left and was one step from main the workforce again to March Insanity, however he was despatched packing anyway.
Iona made the NCAA Event twice in three seasons beneath Pitino, who led the Gaels to a 27-8 file in his ultimate season in New Rochelle.
Anderson’s Gaels defeated Manhattan within the MAAC Event quarterfinals final week earlier than knocking off top-seeded Quinnipiac within the semis.
They misplaced 63-49 to Mount St. Mary’s in Saturday’s title sport.
