Head coach Rodney Terry of the Texas Longhorns reacts against the Texas A&M Aggies during the first half at Reed Arena on Jan. 4, 2025, in College Station, Texas.
Head coach Rodney Terry of the Texas Longhorns reacts against the Texas A&M Aggies during the first half at Reed Arena on Jan. 4, 2025, in College Station, Texas.
Vanderbilt men’s basketball coach Mark Byington is reportedly adding an experienced voice to his staff.
Rodney Terry, who has served as a head coach for a combined 13 seasons at three schools, will join the Commodores, according to the On3 website.
Byington had two holes to fill on his staff this offseason, as former assistant Jon Cremins was earlier this month named head coach at Georgia State and former assistant Kenneth Mangrum was named associate head coach at Georgia Tech, also earlier this month.
The ‘Dores reportedly hired former Ohio State associate head coach Joel Justus to replace Mangrum.
Terry spent this past season scouting for the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans and working as an ESPN game analyst.
Previously, he served as a college head coach for seven years at Fresno State (126-108 record), two years at the University of Texas at El Paso (37-48 record) and three years at the University of Texas (62-37 record).
A 58-year-old Texas native, Terry was named coach of the Longhorns in January 2023 after the school fired Chris Beard. Terry guided Texas to the NCAA Tournament in three straight seasons, reaching the Elite Eight in 2023 and earning The Sporting News’ national coach of the year award.
But Terry was fired following the 2024-25 season, when the Longhorns went 19-16 overall and 6-12 in their first year in the SEC.
It’s possible Terry and Byington may have first crossed paths decades ago, as Byington played guard from 1994-98 at UNC-Wilmington, where Terry served as an assistant coach from 1998-2002.
Terry was also an assistant coach at Baylor and Texas before taking the Fresno State job in 2011. That first stint as a Longhorns assistant (2002-11) came under Rick Barnes, who is now Tennessee’s head coach.
Terry would return to Austin as an assistant in 2021 and was eventually named head coach, given a five-year, $15 million contract. But after steering the Longhorns to the Elite Eight as interim coach, Terry’s record in his two full seasons was 40-29.
Under Byington, the Commodores have posted a combined record of 47-22 over the past two seasons, including a 19-17 mark in the SEC. Vandy has reached the NCAA Tournament in each of the past two years, falling in the second round of the 2025-26 competition before earning a No. 19 ranking in the final Associated Press poll.
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