Wofford has suspended males’s basketball coach Dwight Perry, with plans to formally fireplace Perry throughout the subsequent two weeks, sources informed CBS Sports activities’ Matt Norlander. The varsity despatched a proper written discover of its intentions this week, although Perry is anticipated to defend his title within the matter with the hopes of maintaining his job, in accordance with Norlander. The Discipline of 68 first reported Friday that the varsity knowledgeable Perry “he has been let go.”
Perry led the Terriers to an NCAA Event look in March after profitable the SoCon Event and posted a 36-31 file in two seasons.
Wofford’s transfer comes lower than two months earlier than the 2025-26 season opener.
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The timing of the change is lower than ideally suited and it is the second time in three years that Wofford has dismissed its coach throughout an odd time to fireside a coach.
Perry took over as Wofford’s interim coach in the course of the 2022-23 season after then-coach Jay McAuley resigned after complaints that he commonly pressured gamers to take part in workforce actions past the NCAA’s 20-hour-a-week restrict.
The NCAA dominated on the case in August 2024 when Wofford was slapped with a 12 months of probation and McAuley was handed a two-year show-cause order.
It is school basketball’s second sudden teaching transfer this week, after Saint Joseph’s coach Billy Lange selected to step down on Wednesday to simply accept a job on the New York Knicks.