Uncommon is the state of affairs {that a} college brings in an assistant from one other program to take over its males’s basketball group in mid-September, however that is what’s underway at Wofford School. A little bit greater than per week eliminated from severing ties with former coach Dwight Perry, Wofford is in line to rent Virginia Tech assistant Kevin Giltner, sources instructed CBS Sports activities.
“Shut, not over the end line,” one supply mentioned.
Barring an surprising last-minute occasion, Giltner is anticipated to get the job.
Giltner performed at Wofford from 2008-12 and was part of two NCAA Event groups coached by Mike Younger, who has been at Virginia Tech since leaving Wofford for the Hokies in 2019. Younger coached at Wofford for 30 years. Giltner was on employees at his alma mater for six years after his faculty profession ended. He is spent greater than a decade on a university sideline with Younger, together with as an assistant for the perfect group in Wofford historical past: the 30-5 Terriers earned a 7-seed in 2019 and made the second spherical of the NCAA Event.
Since then, Wofford’s encountered some turbulence.
The varsity is altering management amid a fraught time with its males’s basketball program. Perry and affiliate head coach Tysor Anderson have been fired on Sept. 12 amid a college investigation into alleged, minor improper advantages to some Wofford gamers. The purported exercise, in accordance with sources, included gamers residing in off-campus housing after which triggering improper advantages through the use of meal playing cards which are solely supposed for use by on-campus college students.
Wofford self-reported the violations, and regardless of preliminary issues over some gamers going through sanctions, the Area of 68 reported Friday night that every one gamers have been reinstated, citing their lawyer within the case.
It is all occurred within the wake of Perry’s firing, which was uncommon on its floor. Wofford simply made the NCAA Event in 2025 beneath Perry’s watch, doing so after recovering from an ill-timed dismissal of former coach Jay McAuley in 2023. McAuley’s resignation led to a one-year probation interval after it was decided he broke guidelines for exceeding limits on how usually gamers participated in exercises and practices. The Spartanburg, South Carolina faculty has fewer than 2,000 undergrads and is taken into account one of many hardest jobs within the Southern Convention.