Oregon Coach Altman Retires Weeks Before Season

Oregon Ducks head coach Dana Altman is retiring, with the announcement made less than a month before the 2026-27 college basketball season is set to begin. Altman, who has been at the helm of the Oregon program since 2010, leaves behind a significant career total of 792 wins.

His coaching career spanned stints at Marshall, Kansas State, Creighton, and finally Oregon. This retirement follows a trend of prominent coaches stepping down shortly before the season commences. The Ducks are facing an uncertain future after a challenging 2025-26 season, where they finished with a 12-20 overall record and a 5-15 conference record in the Big Ten. This performance represented the program's worst outcome since the 2008-09 season, a stark contrast to their previous success of reaching the NCAA Tournament in three of the five preceding years. The team was tabbed 14th in the annual media poll for the Big Ten.