Head coach Tom Crean is suiting up to coach his last game with the Georgia Bulldogs. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Crean is not expected to be with the team next season.
The breakup can be largely attributed to Georgia's brutal regular-season performance. The Bulldogs finished 14th in the SEC, and lost 25 times (6-25), the most losses in team history. The Bulldogs also denied the head coach a contract extension following the 2020-2021 season.
Crean had seven different coaching gigs throughout the NCAA before he made his way to Georgia. The Michigan native began his NCAA coaching career as an assistant for Alma College, a Division III school, from 1987 to 1989. He went on to coach as an assistant and a graduate assistant with four different schools for over a decade.
Crean landed his first head coaching position with the Marquette Golden Eagles, a Division I team, in 1999. He led the men's basketball team until 2008, winning Conference USA Coach of the Year twice. The head coach had more success from 2008 to 2017 with Indiana, winning two Big Ten regular-season championships.
The Bulldogs will have to come up with Crean's replacement this offseason, but it shouldn't take long. The organization began looking for Crean's replacement at least two weeks ago.
Georgia isn't the only Bulldogs team to suffer a loss recently. Weeks before the March Madness tournament, the Gonzaga Bulldogs endured a historic loss to Saint Mary's.
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