{"id":206363,"date":"2026-03-26T03:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206363\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T03:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:20:14","slug":"chris-mack-leaves-college-of-charleston-to-coach-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206363\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Mack leaves College of Charleston to coach South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) \u2014 Chris Mack has stepped down as head men\u2019s basketball coach at College of Charleston to accept the same position at the University of South Florida, the school announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mack led the Cougars for two seasons, compiling a 45-20 overall record during his tenure. The Cougars last made the NCAA Tournament in 2024, never appearing in the postseason tournament during Mack&#8217;s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>When Mack initially arrived in Charleston, the college signed him to a 5-year deal in April of 2024 worth $1.1 million per season. His buyout was negotiated at $1.3 million, with a home-and-home series against his new school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for Chris and his leadership the past two seasons at the helm of our men\u2019s basketball program. We wish him, Christi and their family nothing but the best on their next journey,\u201d athletic director Matt Roberts said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts added that the College of Charleston remains committed to sustaining its tradition of success, noting the program ranks among the top 10 all-time in Division I winning percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The school said Collegiate Sports Associates will assist in a national search for Mack\u2019s replacement.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE | <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews4.com\/sports\/college-of-charleston-confirms-coach-robin-harmony-leaving-for-pitt-after-historic-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8220;College of Charleston confirms coach Robin Harmony leaving for Pitt after historic season.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) \u2014 Chris Mack has stepped down as head men\u2019s basketball coach at College of Charleston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-206363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}