LSU is expected to hire Murray State‘s Matt McMahon as the school’s next basketball coach, sources told ESPN.
McMahon comes to LSU after a charmed run at Murray State, where he recruited and coached Ja Morant and won NCAA tournament games in both 2019 and 2022.
After leading Murray State to a 31-3 record and the school’s fourth regular-season conference championship in the past five years, McMahon is headed to Baton Rouge as the Tigers’ next coach.
McMahon, 43, has established himself as one of the country’s brightest young coaches. He has won just under 70% of his games at Murray State (154-67) in seven seasons there and reached three NCAA tournaments over the past five seasons.
He’ll replace Will Wade at LSU, who was fired prior to the NCAA tournament after receiving a lengthy notice of allegations from the NCAA tied to his tenure there.
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