2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Team Former coach New coach Reason
Ball State Billy Taylor James Whitford Taylor was fired following 15-15 records in each of his last two seasons
Buffalo Reggie Witherspoon Bobby Hurley Witherspoon was fired after 14 seasons
Butler Brad Stevens Brandon Miller Stevens left to become the newest head coach of the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics
Cal State Northridge Bobby Braswell Reggie Theus Braswell was fired after 17 seasons , ending with a 14-17 season . Although he led the Matadors to two NCAA tournaments and three 20-win seasons , his tenure was also marked by numerous off-court problems . Ironically , incoming Northridge athletic director Brandon Martin , who announced Braswell 's firing , played under him in high school . Northridge went to the D-League to hire Theus , who is also a former coach of New Mexico State and the Sacramento Kings , and played 13 seasons in the NBA
Campbell Robbie Laing Kevin McGeehan Campbell went 13-20 and finished tied for third in the league 's North Division with a 7-9 conference record
Connecticut Jim Calhoun Kevin Ollie Calhoun retired on September 13 . He won 873 games in 40 years as a head coach , first at Northeastern and the last 26 years at UConn , where he put four teams in the Final Four , winning national titles in 1999 , 2004 and 2011
FIU Richard Pitino Anthony Evans Pitino , son of Louisville head coach Rick Pitino , took the Minnesota job
Florida Gulf Coast Andy Enfield Joe Dooley Enfield guided the Eagles to the school 's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in only its second year of Division I eligibility , then advanced to the Sweet 16 as a # 15-seed - the first time in tournament history that a 15-seed had gotten so far . The University of Southern California lured Enfield away on April 1
Longwood Mike Gillian Jayson Gee Gillian guided the Lancers through their transition from Division II to Division I play , and into their first season as a member of the Big South Conference . He resigned on March 14 , 2013 , after the Lancers ' first season with less than ten wins since 2008 . On April 3 , Cleveland State associate head coach Jayson Gee was hired
Loyola ( Maryland ) Jimmy Patsos G. G. Smith
Minnesota Tubby Smith Richard Pitino Smith was fired after six seasons at Minnesota and having compiled a 124-81 record . The Golden Gophers never finished higher than sixth in the Big Ten Conference , however
New Mexico Steve Alford Craig Neal Alford left to take the UCLA job
Norfolk State Anthony Evans Evans took the FIU job ; he had been a finalist for that job the previous offseason , but had lost out to the now-departed Richard Pitino
Northwestern Bill Carmody Chris Collins Carmody was fired after failing to lead Northwestern to its first ever NCAA tournament bid in thirteen seasons . He was replaced by Duke assistant Collins , the son of former NBA player and coach Doug Collins . Collins took over after the Blue Devils exited the NCAA tournament
Old Dominion Blaine Taylor Jeff Jones Old Dominion fired Taylor , their all-time winningest coach , on February 5 after a 2-20 start
Rutgers Mike Rice Eddie Jordan Rice was fired on April 3 after ESPN 's Outside the Lines aired a video taken at a Rutgers practice that showed Rice shoving and throwing balls at players and using gay slurs . Jordan , a player on the school 's 1976 Final Four team and most recently an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers , was hired as Rice 's replacement
Saint Louis Rick Majerus Jim Crews Majerus stepped down prior to the season due to health reasons and later died . Interim coach Crews led Saint Louis to an Atlantic 10 regular season title and was named conference coach of the year . Saint Louis removed the interim tag from Crews on April 12
San Jose State George Nessman Dave Wojcik San Jose State was looking to upgrade the program before its move to the more strenuous Mountain West Conference next season . Boise State associate head coach Dave Wojcik was hired as Nessman 's successor on March 30
Siena Mitch Buonaguro Jimmy Patsos According to ESPN.com , Buonaguro went 35-59 in three seasons with the Saints , never finishing a season with a winning record or in the top half of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . The three-year slide immediately followed the most successful three-year run in school history . Siena won MAAC titles in 2008 , 2009 and 2010 -- all under coach Fran McCaffery , with Buonaguro his top assistant
South Alabama Ronnie Arrow Matthew Graves Arrow retired December 19 , 2012 . Jeff Price was named interim head coach . Butler associate head coach Matt Graves was named the new head coach of South Alabama on March 25 , 2013
Coaching changes
A number of teams changed coaches during and after the season .
The 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began in November with the 2K Sports Classic and ended with the Final Four in Atlanta, April 6-8.