Louisville basketball staff losing assistant Thomas Carr to Indiana

Louisville basketball assistant coach Thomas Carr is leaving Pat Kelsey 's coaching staff. Carr, who has been with Kelsey since the 2022-23 season at Charleston, is taking a similar position under Darian DeVries at Indiana, a source close to the program confirmed to The Courier Journal on Wednesday. In January, Carr was named to the 2026 edition of Silver Waves Media's 100 Most Impactful High Major Assistants list.

Carr was part of the group of coaches who helped Kelsey rebuild the Cardinals' roster from scratch upon taking over the program in the spring of 2024. They went 27-8 and ended a five-year NCAA Tournament drought, then brought in five-star freshman point guard Mikel Brown Jr. and a trio of perimeter players from the transfer portal who collectively ranked third overall on 247Sports.

com's leaderboard . "Thomas Carr truly embodies all of the essential talents to be a highly effective assistant coach in this new era of college basketball," Kelsey said in a statement when UofL announced Carr was joining the staff. "His recruiting network is vast — as he is wired like few I've been around at the grassroots, high school and junior college levels.

His ability to connect and build trust with players is elite. " Carr detailed his relationship with Kelsey in Episode 1 of a Sports Illustrated documentary series following the coach released in early March. He said he's told him, going back to their time at Charleston, "We're going to win a national championship together.