Sources – Mike Woodson to return as Indiana basketball coach

Mike Woodson will return as Indiana’s head coach for the 2024-25 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday, ending hypothesis concerning his future in Bloomington.

The Hoosiers are nearing the tip of their worst season below Woodson, sitting at 16-13 general and 8-10 in Massive Ten play with two video games left within the common season coming into Wednesday’s contest towards Minnesota.

The Hoosiers began the season 10-3 and 2-0 within the Massive Ten, however they misplaced 10 of 14 video games earlier than righting the ship and successful two in a row.

Woodson’s return was first reported by the Indianapolis Star.

The Hoosiers reached the NCAA match in every of Woodson’s first two seasons, together with final season’s second-place Massive Ten end. They earned a 4-seed within the NCAA match earlier than falling to eventual Ultimate 4 participant Miami within the second spherical.

Woodson, 65, is a former Indiana star who performed below Bob Knight from 1976 to 1980 earlier than being chosen within the first spherical of the 1980 NBA draft by the New York Knicks. After an NBA profession that included 11 years as a participant and 25 years as a head coach and assistant coach, he was employed by his alma mater in 2021 to interchange Archie Miller.

Woodson would have been owed $12.6 million if Indiana let him go, though his contract would have allowed the college to pay it in $1 million annual installments.