SMU Basketball Coach Tim Jankovich Retiring

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

March 22, 2022

SMU men’s basketball coach Tim Jankovich announced his retirement Tuesday, March 22, after six seasons as head coach of the Mustangs, and nearly four decades in a coaching career that included stints as an assistant for Larry Brown and Bill Self.

The 62-year-old Jankovich was head coach at Illinois State from 2008-12, before he left the Redbirds to join SMU’s staff when Brown took the job there. Jankovich succeeded the Hall of Famer as head coach before the 2016-17 season, when the Mustangs went 30-5 and made their last NCAA Tournament appearance.

SMU Mustangs head coach Tim Jankovich calls out a play from the sideline during the college basketball game between the SMU Mustangs and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on March 11, 2022, at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX. (Photo by Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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