A Big Ten basketball coach has announced his retirement effective immediately. Oregon Ducks coach Dana Altman made the shocking announcement on Wednesday afternoon.
Altman spent 16 seasons in Eugene (382-182). He took the Ducks to nine NCAA Tournaments and the 2017 Final Four while winning four Pac-12 regular-season championships and four Pac-12 Tournament titles.
The 68-year-old spent 37 seasons as a head coach (792-425) with stops at Marshall, Kansas State, and Creighton before Oregon. He had the 15th-most wins in NCAA history and the fifth-highest among active coaches.
Altman had a long history against Nebraska, having faced the Huskers 30 times with a 15-15 record. He was 10-7 against Nebraska while at Creighton and 5-8 as the head coach of
the Ducks.
The former Creighton coach was almost the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Former Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos revealed in his memoir, "Crab Creek Chronicles: From the Wheat Fields to the Ball Fields and Beyond," that he wanted to hire Dana Altman instead of current coach Fred Hoiberg.
Moos wrote that Nebraska Governor (then-NU regent) Jim Pillen and former-Chancellor Ronnie Green made it clear that the Ducks coach was not an approved candidate for the job. Nebraska would eventually hire Fred Hoiberg, who had been fired after four years with the Chicago Bulls.
Assistant coach Tony Stubblefield will serve as interim head coach. The Oregon Ducks open the regular season against Montana on Nov. 2.
Thank you, Coach. #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/vzO8gVWXtw
— Oregon Men's Basketball (@OregonMBB) October 7, 2026
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