Syracuse Parts Ways with Adrian Autry [Official]

[sufan59]

 

[TheCusian]

Thanks, Red.

Ready for what’s next.

 

[sufan59]

 

[Newhouser]

Next at 11...water is wet.

 

[sufan59]

 

[sufan59]

 

[TheHaze315]

Put some respect on Adrian Autry’s name, he’s the 8th best coach in Syracuse basketball history.

 

[kcsu]

He's a very good person. He's been a major part of SU success since he selected Syracuse over basically every other school in the country. I'm sorry it didn't work out for him

 

[sufan59]

He's a very good person. He's been a major part of SU success since he selected Syracuse over basically every other school in the country. I'm sorry it didn't work out for him

Bittersweet feeling this morning. Forever orange!

 

[Blanko97]

Roth and not thamel, uh oh!

 

[orange79]

Syracuse basketball parts ways with head coach Adrian Autry

Syracuse basketball will look for a new head coach as it has fired Adrian Autry after three seasons.

247sports.com

 

[dwilmont44]

Red was put in the unenviable position of having to follow a legend. Made even harder by the legend not wanting to leave. It was always going to be an uphill climb for him and it's sad it didn't work out.

 

[Eric15]

Such a bizarre three year stretch. In Red's first year, things actually looked fairly promising. We started 13-5, had some nice wins away from the Dome at Georgetown and neutral site vs. Oregon. We were definitely better than JB's final year in 2023. But the wheels just came off in every way.

 

[Grbac]

Red was put in the unenviable position of having to follow a legend. Made even harder by the legend not wanting to leave. It was always going to be an uphill climb for him and it's sad it didn't work out.

Red had all the resources to be a good coach here. Let’s not act like it was just the predicament he was put in that led to his failure. He failed as a coach period.

 

[sufan59]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Let those dominoes start falling.

 

[Blanko97]

Seems like a good time to name the AD

 

[elimunelson]

He's a very good person. He's been a major part of SU success since he selected Syracuse over basically every other school in the country. I'm sorry it didn't work out for him

Of course but it didn’t work out. Just like it didn’t work out for Greg Robinson, Scott shafer, Dino babers

It’s a cold business of wins and losses. We fd it up hiring a guy not ready. I blame the university not red for accepting it.

Let’s find the guy who wakes up the giant

 

[FloridaCuse]

It's now official!

NOTE - "has fired".

 

[Eric15]

I'm wrong about things all the time, but I can say in good faith that the Autry hire felt awful to me from Day 1. It just felt like the laziest possible move we could have made. "Oh, well he's on campus and already here, let's just give him a chance and see what happens."

 

[pearl31]

If what Thamel says about new AD hiring new coach is true... um, I have questions

 

[elimunelson]

I'm wrong about things all the time, but I can say in good faith that the Autry hire felt awful to me from Day 1. It just felt like the laziest possible move we could have made. "Oh, well he's on campus and already here, let's just give him a chance and see what happens."

Agreed. School was assuming continuity was good and it may have been w the right selection. Gerry may have needed seasoning similar to red needing it in hindsight

 

[Fly Rodder]

Well, here we go.

 

[Jasoncuse]

Good man but bad HC and it was certainly obvious from the get go that he wasn’t going to work in the long run.

Best of luck to AA and hope he lands a good AC gig somewhere.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

The decision, reported by multiple national media outlets, including ESPN and CBS Sports, comes as Autry’s third season ends as the first two did – without an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Autry’s brief term marks the shortest tenure of any coach in the 120-plus year history of the SU basketball program. He exits with a 49-48 record, the lowest winning percentage (.505) of any coach who held the position on a full-time basis.

Not only did Autry fail to lead Syracuse back to the NCAA Tournament, the perceived lack of progress drew the ire, and apathy, of the school’s fan base.

The amount the university would pay to buy out the remainder of Autry’s contract is not publicly available. He just completed the third year of his original five-year contract. Autry earned just less than $1.8 million in 2023, the year he was promoted to head coach.