Syracuse Basketball Fires Head Coach Adrian Autry After 3 Seasons
Written by Tariq on March 11, 2026
Adrian Autry’s run as Syracuse’s head coach is over as school officials have fired the former Orange star on Wednesday after three disappointing seasons. Multiple sources close to SU Athletics confirmed to Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard that Autry is out at SU following a third season that ended just as the first two did – without an NCAA Tournament appearance. Autry’s brief term marks the shortest tenure of any coach in the 120-plus year history of the SU basketball program. He exits with a 49-48 record, the lowest winning percentage (.505) of any coach who held the position on a full-time basis.
Not only did Autry fail to lead Syracuse back to the NCAA Tournament, the perceived lack of progress drew the ire, and apathy, of the school’s fan base. The amount the university would pay to buy out the remainder of Autry’s contract is not publicly available. He just completed the third year of his original five-year contract. Autry earned just less than $1.8 million in 2023, the year he was promoted to head coach.
Source: Syracuse
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