Siena Targeting Mike Hopkins As Next Basketball Coach

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 7: Washington head coach Mike Hopkins gives instructions during the first round game of the mens Pac-12 Tournament between the Washington Huskies and the Oregon State Beavers on March 7, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Siena is targeting former Washington head coach and Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins as the school’s next head coach, according to multiple people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to speak publicly for the school. Hopkins, 56, would replace Gerry McNamara , the former Syracuse star who left Siena to become the head coach at his alma mater earlier this week after leading the Saints to the NCAA Tournament where they pushed overall No.

1 seed Duke to the brink before losing 71-65 in the first round. Hopkins, a San Mateo, Calif. , native is currently an assistant coach with New Orleans Pelicans after spending last year on the staff of the Phoenix Suns.

He was on Jim Boeheim’s staff at Syracuse from 1995-2017 and at one point was named “head coach in waiting,” but never became head coach because Boeheim didn’t retire until 2023. From 2017-24 Hopkins was the head coach at Washington, where he went 118-106 with one NCAA Tournament appearance before being fired. The Siena roster is in transition.

Sophomore guard Gavin Doty plans to enter the transfer portal (which opens April 7) after averaging 18 points and 6. 9 rebounds and being named First Team All-MAAC. Meantime, four-star point guard Ryan Moesch has received his release from Siena, per his agent Mike Simonetta of Life Sports Agency.