Todd Lickliter, a 2007 national coach of the year while at Butler, has been fired as Evansville men's basketball coach.
Also fired by new athletic director Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried were Evansville assistants Brandon Crone and Thomas Jackson, both former Butler players.
Among candidates for the head coaching job could be David Ragland, who was recently retained as an assistant at Butler by coach Thad Matta. Ragland, 40, an Evansville native, was hired by former Butler coach LaVall Jordan a year ago.
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Ragland was considered a runner-up to Walter McCarty in Evansville’s 2018 coaching search.