Georgia fired men’s basketball coach Tom Crean in the wake of a 6-26 season, the school announced Thursday.
Crean’s tenure at Georgia ends after four seasons and a 47-75 record, including a 15-58 mark in SEC games. The school owes Crean a $3.2 million buyout, per his contract.
Crean’s tenure at UGA included No. 1 overall pick Anthony Edwards and star big-man Nicolas Claxton, but the Bulldogs finished over .500 just once in four seasons.
Georgia went 14-12 in 2020-21, but the transfer of its two leading scorers from last season — Sahvir Wheeler to Kentucky and K.D. Johnson to Auburn — were among a flurry of defections that stalled much of the progress.
Crean’s hire at Georgia came after a stint working as an analyst for ESPN. He’d previously been the head coach at both Indiana and Marquette. He’d led Indiana to four NCAA tournaments in his final six seasons…
