Marquette University fires basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski
Team had two NCAA appearances under Wojciechowski
Updated: 3:16 PM CDT Mar 19, 2021
After seven seasons, Marquette University has fired basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski. “After a thorough evaluation of our program over the last week, which included multiple conversations with Steve, I concluded that now is the right time for a new leader of our storied program,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Scholl said in a news release. “I’m confident that our history of success and our commitment to developing young men who are leaders on and off the court will attract the highest caliber of coaching talent. I want to thank Steve for his dedication to our student-athletes, and for how he represented our men’s basketball program and the university. We wish Steve, Lindsay, Jack and Charlie nothing but the best in the future.”Wojciechowski went 128-95 (.574) in seven seasons as head coach at Marquette, including two NCAA tournament appearances, with a Big East Conference record of 59-68 (.465). The Golden Eagles went 13-14 this season. The team didn’t win their NCAA tournament games under Wojciechowski. The university will immediately begin a national search for the next head men’s basketball coach immediately.Friday afternoon, Scholl said that a “sitting head coach has a leg up” on the next MU hire, but he will not rule out hiring an assistant coach from a successful program. “I do think a head coach can hit the ground running, so I think the learning curve is shorter,” he said.
After seven seasons, Marquette University has fired basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski.
“After a thorough evaluation of our program over the last week, which included multiple conversations with Steve, I concluded that now is the right time for a new leader of our storied program,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Scholl said in a news release. “I’m confident that our history of success and our commitment to developing young men who are leaders on and off the court will attract the highest caliber of coaching talent. I want to thank Steve for his dedication to our student-athletes, and for how he represented our men’s basketball program and the university. We wish Steve, Lindsay, Jack and Charlie nothing but the best in the future.”
Wojciechowski went 128-95 (.574) in seven seasons as head coach at Marquette, including two NCAA tournament appearances, with a Big East Conference record of 59-68 (.465). The Golden Eagles went 13-14 this season.
The team didn’t win their NCAA tournament games under Wojciechowski.
The university will immediately begin a national search for the next head men’s basketball coach immediately.
Friday afternoon, Scholl said that a “sitting head coach has a leg up” on the next MU hire, but he will not rule out hiring an assistant coach from a successful program.
“I do think a head coach can hit the ground running, so I think the learning curve is shorter,” he said.