Wofford announced on Friday that head coach Dwight Perry and associated head coach Tysor Anderson are no longer with the program.
Assistant coach Drew Gibson-A former All-Southern Honoree for the Terriers, who returned to the Program-Is appointed interim coach in 2023 and “will guide the program during the transition to new leadership,” said a release.
Wofford did not give any further explanation why it will continue with both coaches.
For several reasons, Perry’s resignation comes as a surprise, including the fact that Wofford’s season opener against Milwaukee is in about two months.
Furthermore, Perry, who went 48-43 in two and a half seasons in Spartanburg, also led the Terriers to the NCAA Tournament last season, the first March Madness berth of the program since the last season of Virginia Tech Young in 2019. Wofford lost 77-62 to the first round.
Perry’s term of office as head coach ended as unusual as it started. Perry, 37, joined the Wofford staff as an assistant in 2019 before he was elevated to associate head coach in 2022.
Halfway through the 2022-23 season, the then head coach Jay Mcauley, however, took a leave of the program in the midst of reports that several players had approached the administration of the school to express their dissatisfaction with Mcauley. Perry was then called the interim coach in December 2022.
When McAuley later resigned that same month, it opened the door for Perry. In May 2023, after having led to a 12-12 record, he was formally called the head coach.
Before his time at Wofford, Perry, who played in Kentucky from 2006 to 2009, did an internship in Stanford under Johnny Dawkins, followed by Coachingstints at VCU (under Shaka Smart) and Furman.
This story will be updated.
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