In the least surprising news of the week, it appears the Tom Crean era at Georgia is coming to an end soon.
According to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia and Crean will part ways when the season ends.
Here is an excerpt:
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After overseeing the losingest season in the history of Georgia basketball, all indications are that Crean and the Bulldogs will part ways after the season concludes, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation. However, an official decision has not been made.
That merciful end will come whenever the last-place Bulldogs (6-25, 1-17 SEC) bow out of the SEC Tournament at Amalie Arena in Tampa. Odds are that will be after Georgia’s first-round game against 11th-seeded Vanderbilt (15-15, 7-11) late Wednesday. The Commodores, who already beat Georgia twice this season, are heavily favored to win again.
UGA Athletics Director Josh Brooks has declined to comment on Crean’s coaching status during the season. But events have trended toward this inevitable outcome for a while. After four years as the Bulldogs’ men’s basketball coach, the buyout clause of the six-year, $19.8 million deal that Crean signed with Georgia when he came to Athens in March 2018 reduces from $7.2 million to $3.2 million at season’s end.
