Oklahoma State fires Boynton after 7 seasons

Jeff Borzello, ESPN

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  Boynton has been fired after 7 seasons, the school revealed Thursday.The Cowboys ‘season ended Tuesday night with a 77-62 loss to UCF in the Huge 12 competition. They lost their last 6 games of the season to end up 12-20 general and 4-14 in conference play. “For seven years, Coach Boynton has led this program and represented this university with class, “athletic director Chad Weiberg stated in a statement.”We’re grateful for the real enthusiasm and care he has for the student-athletes on our group. Unfortunately, the preferred outcomes have not followed. Therefore, it is time to part methods and begin a new chapter. We wish Coach Boynton and his family the very best.” Editor’s Picks 1 Related Boynton had actually been promoted to the top spot after spending one season in Stillwater as an assistant coach under Brad Underwood, who left in 2017

for Illinois. In his 7 seasons, Boynton assisted Oklahoma State to one NCAA competition look in 2021. Led by No. 1 hire and eventual No. 1 NBA draft choice Cade Cunningham, the Cowboys went 21-9 and made a 4-seed in the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the second round to Oregon State.That was the lone season Oklahoma State ended up.500 or better in the Big 12 under Boynton. The Cowboys won 20 games in 2022-23 however were 8-10 in conference play.Oklahoma State was at first banned from the 2020 NCAA competition since of its connection to the 2017 FBI examination into college basketball– for infractions that occurred before Boynton took control of the program– but the school appealed and was ultimately banned from the 2022 NCAA tournament. At the time, the school called the choice”unprecedented in the history of the NCAA.”Before arriving in Stillwater, Boynton was an assistant coach for 3 years under Underwood at Stephen F. Austin while likewise hanging out as an assistant at South Carolina, Wofford and Coastal Carolina.