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The NCAA Tournament is heading into the Sweet 16, and the college basketball coaching carousel is in full swing.
There’s already been a handful of coaching movement over the last week — Gerry McNamara hired at Syracuse, Wes Miller hired at Charlotte — and it was revealed on Monday morning that one prominent college coach will be retiring after the season ends.
According to multiple reports, Creighton Greg McDermott plans to step away after the team’s run in the College Basketball Crown (CBC) is over. The Bluejays are scheduled to face Rutgers in the CBC quarterfinals on April 2.
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“It has been an incredible honor to lead the Creighton men's basketball program for the past 16 years,” McDermott said in a statement. “I'm very proud of the young men that have proudly worn the Bluejay uniform and represented our program in a first-class manner. Witnessing their growth and development on and off the playing floor was especially gratifying.”
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Coach-in-waiting Alan Huss will take over the Creighton job next season, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
“The transition to Huss was hatched in April 2025, as Huss stepped down as the head coach of High Point after leading them to the NCAA tournament,” Thamel wrote. “He was named coach-in-waiting with no finite timeline, and that timing is now he'll take over for the 2026-27 season.”
McDermott’s coaching resume is among the best in the country.
In 16 seasons with the school, McDermott posted a 365-188 record with 10 NCAA Tournament appearances — including one Elite Eight appearance and two Sweet Sixteen appearances — along with two CBC appearances (Creighton finished as the runner-up in 2011).
During his 32-year coaching career that includes stints at Iowa State, Northern Iowa, North Dakota State, and Wayne State, McDermott won 645 games with a .627 win percentage three conference titles, two regular-season conference championships, and 15 NCAA Tournament appearances.
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