Mike Woodson considering major move at Indiana

The 66-year-old Woodson was a star player for Indiana under Bob Knight in the late 1980s, and the school had hoped he would restore the program’s glory days when he was hired in 2021. He made the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons, but the program has failed to progress despite a high NIL budget. The team also lost its fourth consecutive game on Tuesday. That defeat dropped the Hoosiers to 14-9 overall and 5-7 in Big Ten play, and they would not be an NCAA Tournament team as things stand.

Woodson has also faced a growing backlash from fans as the program remains in a middling state on his watch. In his own report about Woodson’s future, Jeff Goodman of Field of 68 reported that Woodson has lost the backing of high-level boosters. In total, he is 77-49 over three-plus seasons at Indiana.

Woodson has been on the hot seat for a while, and there were real questions at the end of last season about whether he would be brought back. The Indiana job remains one of the more desirable ones in the sport on paper, and it sounds as if it will be available in the coming months.