When Director of Athletics Tanner Gardner appointed Ed Schilling as the head coach of Pepperdine’s Men’s Basketball program last April, the program was in a transitional period.
One of 14 players on the 2023-24 active roster would return the following year, and Pepperdine Athletics was preparing for Gardner to take the baton from Steve Potts as he prepared for retirement, according to Pepperdine Athletics.
Schilling, who has a long coaching career in basketball, came from Grand Canyon University as an assistant coach and left a team that ended the 2023-24 season with a 30-5 record for the Waves, who finished the same season 13-20, according to Pepperdine Athletics.