A 3-15 start usually does result in a pink slip.
Longtime Oregon men’s basketball assistant coach Tony Stubblefield was fired from DePaul after winning just three of the Blue Demons’ 18 games this season.
In his two-plus seasons at DePaul, Stubblefield was 28-54.
“After evaluating the current state of our men’s basketball program, a decision was made to make a change in the head coaching position,” said DePaul Vice President and Director of Athletics DeWayne Peevy. “We want to thank Coach Stubblefield for his hard work and determination over the last two-plus seasons to move our basketball program forward through a new era for DePaul Athletics. Unfortunately, we did not meet our goals.”
Before being hired at DePaul, Stubblefield was Dana Altman’s right-hand man and No. 1 assistant for 11 seasons at Oregon where he helped recruit and develop talents such as Tyler Dorsey, Dillon Brooks and a host of others.
Stubblefield was important in turning the Duck program around with Altman where they eventually made a Final Four appearance in 2017. Going forward, it is unclear what the next step is for Stubblefield, but I think many Oregon fans would be happy to see him back in Eugene to assist Altman once again going forward.
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