Pacific Fires Men’s Basketball Coach Leonard Perry

Perry has been reassigned within the school’s athletic department.

The University of the Pacific has fired men’s basketball coach Leonard Perry, the school announced Monday morning.

Perry was in his third season with the program. The Tigers are 6–25 overall this season and 0–16 in West Coast Conference play.

Associate head coach Josh Newman replaces Perry on an interim basis as the school embarks on a national search for a full-time replacement.

The ninth-seeded Tigers face No. 8-seed Pepperdine on Thursday in Las Vegas in the first round of the WCC tournament.

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