Creighton head coach Greg McDermott retiring
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Key Points:
- Creighton head coach Greg McDermott is retiring after 16 seasons, finishing as the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 365-188 record and leading the team to eight NCAA Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight run in 2023.
- The Bluejays experienced their first losing season in over a decade in 2025, ending 15-17 overall and missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
- Associate head coach Alan Huss, a former Creighton player and successful head coach at High Point, will succeed McDermott as head coach.
- Huss led High Point to its first NCAA Tournament appearance and won back-to-back Big South regular season titles, earning Coach of the Year honors both seasons before returning to Creighton as coach-in-waiting.
- McDermott’s coaching career prior to Creighton included stints at Iowa State, Northern Iowa, North Dakota State, and Division II Wayne State, and he played college basketball at Northern Iowa.
