Saint Mary’s coach Randy Bennett is “in serious discussions” with Arizona State about its men’s basketball coaching job, Sun Devil Source’s Chris Karpman reported on Saturday.
ASU is one of several open jobs after it informed Bobby Hurley he would not receive a new contract after 11 seasons as head coach on March 11.
The Gaels lost their Round of 64 matchup to Texas A&M, freeing the coach up to consider other jobs. Saint Mary’s finished the year 27-6 and as WCC regular-season champs.
The 63-year-old Bennett is a Valley native whose father, Tom, coached at Mesa Community College for 19 seasons.
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He has seven wins across 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, making it as far as the Sweet 16 once. He has a record of 589-228 (.721) in 25 seasons with WCC regular-season titles in each of the last four years (seven overall).
Bennett’s Gaels squads ranked top 20 in defense each year 2021-26, including as high as eighth in 2024-25, per KenPom. They ranked top 25 in offense, including as high as 11th in 2017-18, over 2016-20.
The coach has had a habit of international recruiting long before the rise that came with NIL and transfer portal changes, including recent standouts Augustas Marciulionis (Lithuania) and Alex Ducas (Australia).
Bennett got his first coaching job at San Diego working under Hank Egan, who was the Air Force coach that gave Gregg Popovich his first coaching job. Bennett also assisted Lorenzo Romar at Pepperdine and Saint Louis prior to getting the Saint Mary’s job.
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