Sources: Georgia Tech fires Damon Stoudamire after last-place finish in ACC

Georgia Tech is dismissing coach Damon Stoudamire, sources advised ESPN.

Stoudamire’s tenure ends after a 12-game dropping 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 below coach Brent Key, however the faculty has failed to search out constant basketball success. Georgia Tech has made only one NCAA event look since 2010.

According to his contract, Georgia Tech is ready to owe Stoudamire $2.6 million over the following two years, a quantity that’s topic to offset if he takes one other job.

According to sources, Georgia Tech officers are steadily shifting 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 protracted 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 top coach at Pacificthe place I’ve 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 trailer Virginia 42-9 in a February loss — a low level in the 12-game dropping streak, which concluded Saturday at Clemson and left Georgia Tech with out a spot in the ACC event.

Georgia Tech completed season this final place in the ACC, two wins behind the next-worst groups.