The 2024-25 men’s college basketball season was a banner campaign for first-year head coaches,
Dusty May took Michigan from an 8-23 mark the year before to 27 wins and a trip to the Sweet 16. Pat Kelsey earned ACC Coach of the Year honors for winning 27 games at Louisville, which had won 25 games in the prior three seasons combined. Mark Pope got Kentucky to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
Here are five new hires for 2025-26 who are poised to replicate that level of success in their first years on the job.
Will Wade, NC State
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