College basketball coaching changes: Darian DeVries leaves West Virginia for Indiana

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The NCAA Tournament is officially underway, but the coaching carousel has already been in high gear for weeks now.

Recent headlines from recent days:

We've hit that part of the cycle where a lot of stuff just sort of suspends in the air as the NCAA Tournament determines the cadence of a lot of different timelines at schools waiting to hire or fire. The one exception ended up being Indiana as it announced the hiring of West Virginia's Darian DeVries on Tuesday evening. It's crazy: Indiana and West Virginia both unexpectedly missing the NCAA Tournament enabled one school to poach the other's coach.

DeVries, who will replace Mike Woodson in Bloomington, was approached by Indiana on Monday in the wake of WVU missing the NCAA tourney, sources told CBS Sports, and the two sides were able to reach a deal for six years at nearly $5 million annually late Tuesday afternoon. DeVries met with IU officials in person on Monday night. DeVries' buyout, all told, is north of $6 million to leave West Virginia, sources said.

A wild turn of events. And now WVU has to get its fourth coach in as many years.

The most recent firing of the cycle came Monday, when Iona severed ties with Tobin Anderson after just two seasons. It landed as a shock in college basketball. Anderson went 33-34, but just got Iona to the MAAC title game. His successor will be a New Orleans Pelicans Dan Geriot, sources said, with the announcement planned for Thursday (if not potentially sooner).

Remember to check back in here day, multiple times, as this story/page is getting updated with each new notable hiring/firing.

We're at 26 job flips as of Wednesday morning and that number is going to increase as the week goes on. We'll almost definitely hit at least 40 coaching moves in this cycle — and 50-plus wouldn't be a surprise at all. That said, I don't expect 2025 to hit the levels of absurdity that 2024 did, when there was a record 68 job swaps. Be sure to bookmark this page. It will get daily updates moving forward.

Major-conference changes

1	Florida St.
Out: Leonard Hamilton \| In: Luke Loucks After 22 seasons, Hamilton, 76, is leaving his post in Tallahassee. He won more than 450 games at FSU and molded nine first-round NBA picks. But the program slipped in recent seasons and a reboot is in order. Hamilton is also being sued by five of his former players over disputed non-payments tied to NIL opportunities from the 2023-24 season. Loucks is an FSU alum and most recently worked as an assistant with the Sacramento Kings.
2	Indiana
Out: Mike Woodson \| In: Darian DeVries The program failed to hit the upper echelons of the sport in Woodson's four years, and thus IU has now hired its sixth coach in a quarter century, plucking DeVries from West Virginia. The search was interesting, with Drake's Ben McCollum getting significant interest, but IU AD Scott Dolson and school president Pamela Whitten circled back on a few other targets before going all-in on DeVries Monday-into-Tuesday. Indiana missing the tournament freed up a little more time for Dolson to work the search, and now the Hoosiers will be prepared when the portal opens next Monday.
3	Iowa
Out: Fran McCaffery \| In:TBD After 15 seasons, the Fran McCaffery era has come to an end for the Iowa Hawkeyes. The 65-year-old coach was fired Friday by athletic director Beth Goetz, one day removed from the Hawkeyes' 106-94 second-round loss in the Big Ten Tournament to Illinois. The Hawkeyes went 17-16 and missed the NCAAs for the second straight season. McCaffery took Iowa to the NCAA tourney seven times, and it would have been eight if there had been a 2020 tourney. But Iowa didn't make the Sweet 16 once under McCaffery; the school last advanced that far in 1999 under Tom Davis. Goetz continues to eye McCollum, but the school has interviewed many candidates over the past few days, sources said, including sitting head coaches and at least one candidate from outside college basketball.
4	Miami
Out: Jim Larranaga \| In: Jai Lucas When Larranaga retired the day after Christmas, it sent a bad Miami team skidding into trouble full-on off the cliff and into an all-time plunge. The 7-24 Hurricanes had one of their worst seasons in program history. It's wild to look back at this program now vs. where it was less than two years ago when it made the Final Four. Lucas has left Duke for good; ultimately, it was decided it would be best to not have too many distractions for him to stay on. The portal opens March 24, so Lucas has time to build out his staff behind the seasons. A massive roster flip will be underway in Coral Gables in no time. Highly respected ace player development coach Andrew Moran (who has deep ties around Miami) will be joining Lucas' staff, sources told CBS Sports.
5	Minnesota
Out: Ben Johnson \| In: TBD Four years and out for the Minnesota alum, who was fired overnight last Thursday by AD Mark Coyle. Coyle left Indiana and his selection committee duties to fly back to campus and dismiss Johnson in person, which I believe is a first in college hoops history. This is an OK job with a solid ceiling that is desperate for a lot more financial support. Colorado State coach Niko Medved, a Minneapolis native, has emerged as the favorite here. He's got the Rams in the tourney and favored vs. Memphis in the first round.
6	NC State
Out: Kevin Keatts \| In: TBD What a year for Keatts and NC State. From nearly being fired in 2024, then reeling off nine straight win-or-go-home games to make the Final Four ... to being fired Sunday, after falling to lowly Miami and ending the season 12-19. State will pay nearly $8 million to send Keatts packing. Asking around, this job has a lot of varied opinions on its viability moving forward. ACC ties are good, home arena not so much. Fan base needs a name to really rally some optimism. Will Wade has a lot of support from NC State fans, but it's not yet clear how much traction he has with AD Boo Corrigan and school president Randy Woodson. The smoke suggests Wade, but New Mexico coach Richard Pitino and Tennessee assistant Justin Gainey have also been involved.
7	Utah
Out: Craig Smith \| In: Alex Jensen Utah AD Mark Harlan's awkwardly timed firing of Smith didn't do him any favors in the industry; a lot of people around college athletics panned Harlan for how he handled it. Turns out, that timing enabled him to convince Jensen to take the job and get a head start on the inevitable portal purge. Utah's NIL situation is near the bottom of the Big 12. Will this hire create a surge of financial support? With fellow former Ute Andre Miller in the mix to join Jensen's staff, that would only help the cause. More big changes in the Beehive State.
8	Villanova
Out: Kyle Neptune \| In: TBD The school did the inevitable on Saturday and moved on after Neptune's Wildcats went 19-14 this season and finished well off the bubble cutline. The standard on the Main Line is clear-cut: NCAA Tournaments every year, and competing for Final Fours often. The search is underway. The names that have been murmured about with this in recent weeks include Ryan Odom (VCU; he might already be in too deep with Virginia), Porter Moser (Oklahoma), Richard Pitino and Chris Collins (Villanova). I'm wondering if McCollum isn't a long-shot potential. Also, given the way Villanova does things, I think it's very possible an off-the-board name could emerge over the next week.
9	Virginia
Out: Ron Sanchez \| In: TBD Sanchez served as the interim after Tony Bennett's abrupt retirement in October. VCU coach Ryan Odom is viewed, overwhelmingly, as the next guy in Charlottesville. He's also got a game vs. BYU in Denver to prepare for. Not only that, but Odom's Rams are absolutely good enough to make it to the second weekend of the tournament, so we'll see how this plays out. No one at VCU has been informed of whether or not Odom will actually make the move, I'm told. Odom's father Dave coached in the league (Wake Forest and Virginia for more than 20 years). I'm told UVa expects to have north of $7 million to provide in NIL and anticipated revenue sharing for the 2025-26 season.
10	West Virginia
Out: Darian DeVries \| In: TBD After just one season in Morgantown, DeVries departed Tuesday for Indiana, leaving the West Virginia brass to search for a new coach yet again. West Virginia went 19-13 (10-10 Big 12) in DeVries' lone season before surprisingly being left out of the NCAA Tournament field on Sunday. WVU's tourney snub freed DeVries to pursue other job opportunities and he landed in Bloomington on a six-year deal. It came together rapidly, starting with an in-person meeting Monday night and a signature by late Tuesday afternoon.

Non-Power Five changes

1	Bellarmine
Out: Scott Davenport \| In: Doug Davenport Scott Davenport was an institution at Bellarmine, guiding the program from D-II to D-I in recent years. He won a national title in 2011 and went to four D-II Final Fours in total, in addition to 426 games across 20 seasons. In total, he spent more than four decades coaching basketball in Louisville. A fixture in that city. With his retirement, Bellarmine has allowed Scott to hand the job to his son, Doug, who has been on staff for nine years.
2	Campbell
Out: Kevin McGeehan \| In: TBD McGeehan lasted 12 seasons with the Fighting Camels but was fired following a 15-17 campaign. He went 184-199 and couldn't bring Campbell to the NCAAs during his dozen years. The school moved from the Big South to the CAA two years ago and will seek a reboot.
3	Chicago St.
Out: Scott Spinelli \| In: TBD A one-year experiment gone awry. Chicago State went 4-28 and finished 361 at KenPom in its first season in the NEC. Truly one of the five toughest jobs in all of Division I.
4	Columbia
Out: Jim Engles \| In: TBD Two Ivies opened Monday (Penn the other). Engles was with the Lion for nine years but never wound up with a season above .500. This is a tough gig, but it is in a great part of New York City. Florida assistant Kevin Hovde (previously an assistant at Columbia) has been heavily rumored to be the next man here, but the process is expected to take a few more days (and Hovde has to actually say yes/be offered the job).
5	Iona
Out: Tobin Anderson \| In: Expected to be Dan Geriot Iona administration is getting dragged for how poorly it treated Anderson, who was fired Monday after just two seasons. The coach who led FDU to the 16-over-1 upset of Purdue in 2023 went 33-34 with the Gaels. Expectations in the post-Rick Pitino phase in New Rochelle got really high, really fast, but still: pretty harsh stuff. New Orleans Pelicans assistant Dan Geriot, who played at Richmond, is expected to be officially announced as Anderson's replacement on Thursday, sources said.
6	La Salle
Out: Fran Dunphy \| In: Darris Nichols The 76-year-old Philly legend is retiring this month after nearly 50 years in college basketball coaching. Dunphy won more than 600 games and is among the most well-liked and accomplished coaches in the storied history of Philadelphia basketball. La Salle's program is among the more cash-strapped at the multi-bid-league level. Nichols got the nod after a few low-major coaches from the northeast were heavily looked into. La Salle has made one NCAA tourney in the past 33 years.
7	Louisiana
Out: Bob Marlin \| In: Quannas White After a 15-year run that included two Sun Belt auto bids (2014, 2023), Marlin was fired in December. After some wait-and-see and a few tussles with contract negotiations, Louisiana got White to the finish line. He's 44 and been ready to run a program for a few years now after spending the past eight with Kelvin Sampson. He'll join the program after Houston's season ends.
8	UL-Monroe
Out: Keith Richard \| In: TBD Richard began his time as coach of the Warhawks in the Sun Belt in 2010, but he was never been able to break through and make the NCAAs. Program last made the Big Dance in 1996.
9	Murray St.
Out: Steve Prohm \| In: Ryan Miller Prohm's second go-round with the Racers wasn't fruitful. He resigned following Murray State's loss to Bradley, leaving with a 45-52 record in three years. Word in the Missouri Valley is Murray State is ready to invest more money into its program than any other school in that league for the 2025-26 season. Miller, a Creighton who has been in the running in recent years at a number of jobs, beat out a litany of power-conference assistants.
10	Oral Roberts
Former coach: Russell Springmann \| In: TBD A semi-surprise, as Springmann only made it two seasons before getting sacked. The Golden Eagles went 7-23 this year and sunk to the bottom of the Summit League.
11	Penn
Out: Steve Donahue \| In: TBD It was a decade for Donahue in Philly, with the Quakers making the NCAAs in 2018. This year was the worst yet, with Penn going 8-19 and finishing 292 at KenPom. I'm told the objective here is to hire a sitting head coach. Robert Morris' Andy Toole is an alum and also happens to have a team in the NCAA Tournament. Until I'm told otherwise, I consider him as likely a candidate as anyone else.
12	Radford
Out: Darris Nichols \| In: Zach Chu The Highlanders had four years with Nichols (off to La Salle), which totaled a 68-63 record at the Big South program. The school has made three NCAA Tournaments since 1998. Chu is a head-turning hire; he wasn't even considered to be in the initial list of finalists for the job. The 34-year-old SMU assistant previously spent time in the analytics departments of the Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks.
13	Sacramento St.
Out: Michael Czepil \| In: TBD David Patrick resigned last May (and eventually joined Matt McMahon's staff at LSU), which led to Czepil being the interim. The Hornets finished the regular season 7-24.
14	SF Austin
Out: Kyle Keller \| In: Matt Braeuer Keller coached SFA for nearly nine seasons and won 18 or more games in six of those years. He was fired in January. He also was responsible for one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, when his Lumberjacks team upset No. 1 Duke in November of 2019 . Braueuer comes via Texas Tech, but his ties within Texas date back to being on Grant McCasland's staff at North Texas as well. He'll join the program after TTU's run ends in the NCAA Tournament.
15	UNLV
Out: Kevin Kruger\| In: TBD The Runnin' Rebels went 18-15 this season, falling Thursday in the Mountain West quarterfinals to Utah State. Vegas never made an NCAA Tournament under Kruger's watch, and beyond that, never had a season wherein they finished better than 73rd at KenPom. Candidates involved here could stretch far and wide, but a few initial ones to know include Grand Canyon's Bryce Drew, UC San Diego's Eric Olen, High Point's Alan Huss, UC Irvine's Russell Turner, Florida assistant Carlin Hartman and UConn assistant Luke Murray.
16	South Florida
Former coach: Amir Abdur-Rahim \| In: TBD A sad inclusion to the tracker, as Abdur-Rahim tragically died in the preseason at 43 , leading to Ben Fletcher serving as the interim head coach over the past four-plus months. Abdur-Rahim was a rising star. The American Athletic Conference named Abdur-Rahim its Honorary Coach of the Year for 2024-25. USF has been conducting interviews over the past two days and could have a coach named by Sunday, sources said, but that might be dependent on NCAA Tournament results.