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By Bennett Conlin
Mark Byington is leaving JMU for Vanderbilt, in accordance with a number of stories.
Byington went 82-36 as JMU’s head males’s basketball coach, main the Dukes to the NCAA Match in 2023-24. The Dukes beat Wisconsin within the first spherical of the match earlier than falling to Duke within the second spherical.
JMU will obtain a $1 million buyout for his departure, in accordance with The Athletic.
The Dukes will now work to exchange Byington. They’ll must work shortly, because the switch portal is open and gamers are discovering spots to play subsequent season. Jeff Bourne now must make one closing rent earlier than his retirement.
With Bourne retiring, JMU wants a brand new athletic director and head males’s basketball coach. It’s been a busy few months for JMU, with President Jonathan Alger saying he’s leaving in the summertime. JMU additionally employed a brand new head soccer coach, Bob Chesney, late in 2023 after Curt Cignetti left for Indiana.
A ton of vital turnover in JMU’s athletic division.