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Oregon Coach Dana Altman Retires Effective Immediately After 16 Seasons, Tony Stubblefield Named Interim

Oregon announced Oct. 7 that men's basketball coach Dana Altman, 68, is retiring effective immediately after 16 seasons and a program-record 382 wins. Longtime assistant Tony Stubblefield will coach the Ducks in 2026-27, with a national search to follow after the season.

By admin Oct. 7, 2026 · 5:44 PM ET 1 min read

An empty college basketball court with polished wood flooring and green and yellow arena seats under bright lights, with a single basketball near center court

Oregon men’s basketball coach Dana Altman is retiring effective immediately, the school announced on Wednesday, ending a 16-season run in Eugene less than a month before the Ducks open the 2026-27 season, according to NBC Sports and The Register-Guard.

Altman, 68, was about to begin his 17th season at Oregon. He leaves as the winningest coach in program history at 382-182, with nine NCAA Tournament appearances, the school’s 2017 Final Four berth and four Pac-12 regular-season and four Pac-12 tournament titles, NBC Sports reported. Across 37 seasons as a Division I head coach, his record stands at 792-425, the 15th-most wins in NCAA history, according to The Register-Guard. Before Oregon, he coached Creighton for 16 years, NBC Sports reported.

Who takes over, and what comes next

Assistant coach Tony Stubblefield will serve as interim head coach for the 2026-27 season, and Oregon will begin a national search for a permanent successor after the season, according to both reports. Stubblefield has spent 13 seasons on Altman’s Oregon staff across two stints, left to become head coach at DePaul from 2021 to 2024, and returned to Eugene in 2024, The Register-Guard reported. He was in Chicago for Thursday’s Big Ten media day, the paper said.

Altman’s final team went 12-20 last season, and the program lost nine players to the transfer portal and three more to graduation in the offseason, according to NBC Sports. Oregon opens the season on Nov. 2 against Montana, with an exhibition against Seattle on Oct. 15, according to The Register-Guard.

In a statement released by the school, Altman described the decision as one of the two toughest of his career, alongside leaving Creighton for Oregon, and said stepping away was difficult even though he believed it was the right step now, according to both reports.

Reporting based on coverage by NBC Sports and The Register-Guard.

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