Indiana Coach Mike Woodson Reportedly Unlikely to Return in 2025-26

The Indiana Hoosiers might be looking towards a new future pretty soon.

Indiana Hoosiers head coach Mike Woodson in the second half against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. / Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

It appears that change is in the air for Indiana basketball.

On Thursday, several reports indicated that Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson will step away at the end of the season.

Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Woodson is expected to finish out the year with Indiana, with details still to be worked out.

Indiana and coach Mike Woodson are in discussions about the coach’s wishes to step away at end of 2024-25, sources tell me/ ⁦@jeffborzello⁩ . He’s expected coach the rest of the year, but is unlikely to return next year. The details of the exit are being discussed. pic.twitter.com/3bqvwIZKLx

— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 6, 2025

The news comes at a low point for the Hoosiers, who have lost six of their past seven games to drop to 14–9 on the season. Their 5–7 record in conference play puts them at 10th in the Big Ten.

Woodson’s tenure with his alma mater can be viewed as good, not great. As of Thursday, he has an all-time record of 36–36 in Big Ten play. While he’s taken the Hoosiers to March Madness in two of the past three seasons, their record is a disappointing 1–2 in those postseason runs.

The tough stretch of games has been especially disappointing given the high expectations with which the Hoosiers entered the season. While there’s still plenty of time for Woodson to turn things around, it looks as though his time with the program is coming to an end barring a drastic change of events in the next few weeks.

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