Saturday marked the conclusion of the regular season for most of the college basketball programs across the country, and per usual, that has triggered plenty of coaching turnover on Sunday.
Georgia Tech parted ways with head coach Damon Stoudamire earlier in the morning, and a second ACC school made a change soon after.
Per reports from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Boston College has fired head coach Earl Grant, who went 72-92 overall and 31-67 in ACC play through 5 years with the program.
Grant originally arrived to Chestnut Hill prior to the 2021-2022 campaign following a successful six-year stint with Charleston that saw him compile a 127-89 overall record.
And it appeared that Grant was building a similarly strong program at Boston College early in his tenure. The Eagles raised their win total from 13 to 16 to 20 in Grant’s first three seasons at the helm, the latter of which resulted in an NIT berth.
But the program fell back down to Earth with a 12-win campaign last year, making this a make-or-break season for Grant. 11 wins and no ACC Tournament berth later, and it appears that the Boston College head brass have become ready to move on.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
