The search for the next LSU men’s basketball coach was nowhere near as long as expected.
Per CBS Sports Jon Rothstein, LSU is finalizing a deal with Murray State’s Matt McMahon to be the next head coach of the men’s basketball team. Terms of the deal have not yet been released nor has it been confirmed by LSU, but an announcement is expected soon.
McMahon’s made Murray State one of the top mid major programs over the past seven seasons. The Racers have made three of the last five NCAA Tournaments—one of the years they missed was the 2020 tournament that was cancelled— and have won the Ohio Valley regular season conference championship four of last five years; Murray State’s also won the OVC conference tourney three of the last five years and, again, one of the two years they didn’t was in 2020.