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Sources: Jim Larranaga in talks with Miami about stepping down
Miami and men's basketball coach Jim Larranaga are in talks about him stepping down immediately, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Larranaga, who turned 75 in October, took over at Miami in 2011. In his 14 seasons at the helm, he led the Hurricanes to six NCAA tournaments and four Sweet 16 appearances -- including a Final Four run in 2023. Miami went 11-6 in NCAA tournament games during Larranaga's tenure and won two ACC regular-season championships.
The 2022-23 season was the best in program history, as the Hurricanes won the ACC regular-season title and reached the program's first Final Four -- one year after going to the program's first Elite Eight. Miami earned a 5-seed in the NCAA tournament, but then knocked off No. 4 seed Indiana, No. 1 seed Houston and No. 2 seed Texas en route to the Final Four, where it lost to eventual national champion UConn.
Since that Final Four appearance, though, it has struggled. The Hurricanes entered last season ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP poll but missed the postseason entirely after going 15-17. They lost their final 10 games of the campaign.
Miami is just 4-8 this season, with losses in eight of its past nine games, including home defeats to Charleston Southern and Mount St. Mary's. Jalil Bethea, who became the program's highest-ranked recruit in nearly 40 years when he committed in September 2023, has started just one game.
Larranaga becomes the sixth longtime ACC coach to step down since April 2021, following North Carolina's Roy Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Notre Dame's Mike Brey, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Virginia's Tony Bennett.
Heck of a long, successful coaching career for Larranaga.
Miami and men's basketball coach Jim Larranaga are in talks about him stepping down immediately, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Larranaga, who turned 75 in October, took over at Miami in 2011. In his 14 seasons at the helm, he led the Hurricanes to six NCAA tournaments and four Sweet 16 appearances -- including a Final Four run in 2023. Miami went 11-6 in NCAA tournament games during Larranaga's tenure and won two ACC regular-season championships.
The 2022-23 season was the best in program history, as the Hurricanes won the ACC regular-season title and reached the program's first Final Four -- one year after going to the program's first Elite Eight. Miami earned a 5-seed in the NCAA tournament, but then knocked off No. 4 seed Indiana, No. 1 seed Houston and No. 2 seed Texas en route to the Final Four, where it lost to eventual national champion UConn.
Since that Final Four appearance, though, it has struggled. The Hurricanes entered last season ranked No. 13 in the preseason AP poll but missed the postseason entirely after going 15-17. They lost their final 10 games of the campaign.
Miami is just 4-8 this season, with losses in eight of its past nine games, including home defeats to Charleston Southern and Mount St. Mary's. Jalil Bethea, who became the program's highest-ranked recruit in nearly 40 years when he committed in September 2023, has started just one game.
Larranaga becomes the sixth longtime ACC coach to step down since April 2021, following North Carolina's Roy Williams, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, Notre Dame's Mike Brey, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Virginia's Tony Bennett.
Heck of a long, successful coaching career for Larranaga.
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