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Jeff Borzello
ESPN Staff Writer
- Basketball recruiting insider.
- Joined ESPN in 2014.
- Graduate of University of Delaware.
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Georgia Tech is dismissing coach Damon Stoudamire, sources instructed ESPN.
Stoudamire’s tenure ends after a 12-game shedding streak to shut the season left Georgia Tech with an 11-20 general report and a 2-16 mark in convention play. He completed his three seasons with a 42-44 general report with the Yellow Jackets.
The transfer for Georgia Tech comes at a time when the college discovered competitiveness in soccer underneath coach Brent Key, however the college has failed to search out constant basketball success. Georgia Tech has made only one NCAA match look since 2010.
According to his contract, Georgia Tech is about to owe Stoudamire $2.6 million over the subsequent two years, a quantity that’s topic to offset if he takes one other job.
According to sources, Georgia Tech officers are steadfast transferring ahead that they continue to be dedicated to resourcing this system at a aggressive stage. It will mark a key second early in the tenure of first-year athletic director Ryan Alpert, who was employed in July from Tennessee.
Stoudamire is a former star participant at Arizona who had a prolonged profession in the NBA as a participant. He got here to Georgia Tech from the Boston Celtics, the place he served as an assistant from 2021-23. He additionally labored collegiately as the pinnacle coach at Pacific, the place he coached for 5 seasons.
Stoudamire’s tenure at Georgia Tech started by going 14-18 in 2023-24, a season that included an upset of No. 7 Duke in his first-ever ACC sport as a head coach. Georgia Tech went 17-17 in 2024-25, which included a bid in the NIT.
This season, Georgia Tech merely could not get out of a downward spiral. The Yellow Jackets trailed Virginia 42-9 in a February loss — a low level in the 12-game shedding streak, which concluded Saturday at Clemson and left Georgia Tech and not using a spot in the ACC match.
Georgia Tech completed this season final place in the ACC, two wins behind the next-worst groups.
