It was announced on Sunday afternoon that Texas has parted ways with Head Coach Rodney Terry following a disappointing First Four exit in the NCAA Tournament.

Terry entered the 2024-25 season on the hot seat after an underwhelming 2023-24 season saw the Longhorns bounced in the second round of the big dance against former Texas Head Coach Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers.

He earned the head job in Austin through unique circumstances, being named interim coach after Chris Beard was fired after allegations of domestic violence were made against him. Terry would lead the Longhorns to the Elite Eight that year and earn the full-time head coaching job.

With Texas moving into what turned out to be a stacked SEC, Terry needed a late push in the SEC Tournament to find his way into the “Last Four In” of the NCAA Tournament, being sent to Dayton for the First Four. Texas finished the regular season 17-14 overall and 6-12 in the conference.

Squeaking in as the record-setting 14th SEC team into the dance, it was hardly a secret that Terry and the ‘Horns needed a deep run to save his job.

Despite the presence of star freshman and future NBA draft talent Tre Johnson, Texas collapsed late in Dayton, falling to the Xavier Musketeers to end its season. Terry was then fired.

In its first year in the conference, Texas contributed to what is now the fourth season in a row that the SEC has seen a coaching change across its 16-team league as it looks to prioritize basketball as well as football, something it has seemingly done quite successfully in the era of NIL.

Prior to the rise of the conference and NIL, for lack of a better term, mediocrity was more acceptable in the conference as coaches were given longer leashes and less expectations.

Ahead of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, three SEC teams changed coaches before the 2019-20 season as Arkansas and Vanderbilt changed leadership while Texas A&M made its first coaching change since joining the conference in 2012.

Vanderbilt fired now Grand Canyon coach Bryce Drew in favor of former NBA All-Star Jerry Stackhouse, Arkansas terminated Mike Anderson in favor of Eric Musselman and A&M decided to move on from Billy Kennedy after eight seasons, including the team’s transition from the Big 12, in favor of current head coach Buzz Williams.

Following the pandemic, no coaches were fired in 2020 or 2021, but the backlog resulted in a hectic 2022 offseason that saw a staggering six coaching changes.

LSU was forced to move on from successful head coach Will Wade due to NCAA violations. Wade was fired ahead of the postseason and, to date, LSU’s final NCAA Tournament appearance before being picked up by McNeese State and recently being hired by NC State.

LSU hired Matt McMahon, who has yet to make the NCAA Tournament as the Tigers’ head coach, out of Murray State. McMahon may be on the hot seat in 2025-26, but the underfunded program does have the promise of additional NIL support from the school.

South Carolina chose to move on from Frank Martin after 10 seasons. Martin led the Gamecocks to their first ever Final Four in 2017, but struggled after that and spent two seasons on the hot seat before being let go. South Carolina hired Lamont Paris, who is still at the school.

Mississippi State, Missouri and Georgia all also fired their head coaches that season due to a disappointing string of results, with Mississippi State hiring Chris Jans, Missouri snagging Dennis Gates and Georgia stealing Mike White from Florida, forcing the Gators to be the sixth program to find a new coach.

Florida would hire Todd Golden, who got the Gators a No. 1 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. All four coaches are still at their schools.

The 2023 offseason would be more tame, but would still see Ole Miss move on from Kermit Davis and would hire, interestingly, Beard shortly after his firing from Texas. Beard is still at Ole Miss and has the Rebels in the NCAA Tournament.

Then, last season, the college basketball world was famously rocked when John Calipari decided to leave Kentucky to take the open Arkansas job after Musselman fled for USC in Los Angeles. Calipari had been at Kentucky for 15 seasons and won the 2012 National Championship.

Kentucky famously hired Mark Pope, who has the Wildcats dancing in the NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed. Calipari’s Razorbacks most recently recorded a staggering upset of St. John’s to stay alive in the tournament as well.

While Calipari’s departure was far and away the biggest coaching change last offseason, Vanderbilt also parted ways with Stackhouse after another poor season and hired Mark Byington out of James Madison. Byington led the Commodores back to the NCAA Tournament in his first season.

With Terry’s firing at Texas, the Longhorns are in search of the next head coach in Austin and numerous names have already been floated, including Xavier’s own Sean Miller in a rather ironic twist.

Terry was expected to be the only SEC coach let go this offseason barring a surprise or another poaching, with several high profile coaches including Beard and Oklahoma’s Porter Moser being rumored to be linked to other jobs.

With Texas making the move, Oklahoma is the only SEC school that has not hired a new coach since joining the conference. The Sooners have been in the conference for one season and could be forced to do so if Moser is taken elsewhere.