On Thursday, Miami head coach Jim Larranaga stepped down from his role as head coach of Miami basketball after 14 years.
Larranaga was in the midst of his 14th season on the job, and has his Hurricanes at just 4-8 on the year after being predicted to finish sixth in the ACC preseason poll.
The former Bowling Green and George Mason head coach has coached 1,199 games in his career and has 716 wins in his coaching career. He won MAC Coach of the Year once, CAA Coach of the Year twice, AP Coach of the Year once, Naismith Coach of the Year once, and ACC Coach of the Year twice.
Larranaga led Miami to two regular season titles in his time in the ACC. He won one conference tournament in the ACC as well. Larranaga led the Hurricanes to six NCAA tournaments in his tenure, including the 2022-23 season in which his team made the Final Four for the first time in program history. The 5-seed Hurricanes tied for first in the league that year, going 29-8 overall.
Larranaga joins former longtime ACC coaches Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim, Tony Bennett, and Mike Brey who have stepped down or retired in the last few years.
Miami Herald’s Michelle Kaufman was first to report the news of Larranaga stepping down on Thursday. She reported that an announcement was expected later on Thursday. Shortly after, Jeff Goodman reported that Bill Courtney, the team’s associate head coach, will serve as the interim head coach for Miami for the remainder of the season.
