After four seasons, LSU men’s basketball has reportedly seen enough of Matt McMahon.
The Tigers are set to move on from McMahon, who replaced the fired Will Wade after Wade’s tumultuous tenure in Baton Rouge, per CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein. Wade, who was fired in March 2022 after his program was served a notice of allegations for recruiting violations, is expected to retain his spot on the LSU bench after coaching McNeese to the Men’s NCAA Tournament and spending a season coaching NC State.
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It’s a devastating development for the Wolfpack, who thought they had found their next long-term coach in Wade after moving on from Kevin Keatts.
For LSU, it’s the second time in five months it has hired a coach who tanked his reputation before rehabilitating it. The football program, of course, hired Lane Kiffin away from Mississippi in a year where the rebels made the playoffs. Now it’s poaching a coach it was strong-armed into moving on from in the first place.
For McMahon, it ends a four-year era in which he went 60-70 and a lowly 17-55 against the SEC with no Men’s NCAA Tournament appearances.
Matt McMahon buyout
McMahon’s buyout is to be $8,020,000, per USA TODAY Sports. He spent eight seasons with Murray State before joining the Tigers, going 154-67 with three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Matt McMahon LSU record
McMahon struggled to recruit to LSU, and the team’s record reflected it. The Tigers went 60-70 (17-55 SEC) in his four seasons with them, and they didn’t make the NCAA Tournament during his tenure.
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