Updated March 25, 2026, 10:39 a.m. ET
- Butler is predicted to call former participant Ronald Nored as its subsequent males’s basketball coach.
- Nored will substitute Thad Matta, who’s retiring after the 2025-26 season.
- Nored, presently an assistant with the Atlanta Hawks, has earlier teaching expertise in highschool, faculty, and the NBA.
Butler has named Ronald Nored as its subsequent males’s basketball coach Wednesday.
Nored, 36, would be the twenty fifth coach in program historical past, replacing Thad Matta after his retirement following the 2025-26 season. Nored is first coach hired by athletic director Grant Leiendecker, a former Butler basketball participant who took over for outgoing AD Barry Collier in December of 2024.
Nored informed the Atlanta Hawks, the place he was an assistant coach, Wednesday morning, Leiendecker sharing a photo of the second on Twitter.
“The term ‘dream job’ doesn’t do justice to how I feel about the opportunity to lead the Butler program,” Nored stated in a launch. “Butler is an incredibly special place. As a player, I poured blood, sweat and tears into this program. No one appreciates both the responsibility and the potential that comes with this position more than me. Passionate fans, Hinkle Fieldhouse, the Big East, storied tradition, a world-class education, a thriving city… there is incredible momentum at Butler right now and I can’t wait to hit the ground running as we elevate Butler to new heights.”
Nored emerged as a candidate to switch Matta as a consequence of his sturdy relationship with Leiendecker. Nored and Leiendecker performed collectively at Butler for 3 seasons, together with Butler’s back-to-back nationwide championship runner-up groups in 2010 and 2011. Of the potential coaching candidates, Nored was the one one with out head-coaching expertise on the faculty stage, however his relationship with Leiendecker offers a stage of familiarity and luxury for the AD.
“In a rapidly evolving college basketball landscape, our priority was identifying the absolute best leader to spearhead the future of Butler Basketball. Ronald Nored is that leader,” Leiendecker stated.
“Ron is a relentless worker with an elite basketball IQ and a proven track record of developing talent at the highest level of basketball. He is the ultimate competitor, and he will cultivate that same quality within his team and staff. He is a gifted relationship builder who commands respect through his character and his craft. While he understands the soul of this university, we didn’t hire him for his history here — we hired him for his vision of what we can become and how we will get there. His experience in the NBA provides us with a distinct competitive advantage as we navigate this new era of college basketball. He will attract an elite staff and student-athletes and build deep relationships within the Butler and Indianapolis communities. I have total confidence that Ron will put his own fingerprints on this program, set a new standard for our student-athletes, and elevate Butler Basketball to new heights.”
Nored made his title as a hard-nosed defender and a key member of Butler’s back-to-back nationwide runner up groups. He entered teaching after graduating from Butler in 2012, serving as the pinnacle coach at Brownsburg earlier than making stops as an assistant with the Maine Red Claws and an assistant/participant growth coach with the Boston Celtics underneath former Butler coach Brad Stevens.
Nored coached one season at Brownsburg High School in 2012-13. He was an assistant at Northern Kentucky in the course of the 2015-16 season. The the rest of his teaching expertise comes as an assistant and head coach within the G League and the NBA, the place he’s an assistant with the Atlanta Hawks underneath Quin Snyder and alongside former Notre Dame coach Mike Brey. Nored additionally served as the pinnacle coach of the G League’s Long Island Nets from 2016 to 2018.
The switch portal will open five days after the hire was made or announced and keep open for 15 days — a rule change applied for this cycle. The portal was slated to open April 7 for 15 days if there weren’t a training change.
Redshirt sophomore Jamie Kaiser Jr. and freshman Jack McCaffery are the one gamers to announce their intentions to enter the portal so far.
This story was up to date with Butler saying the rent.
