Eric Musselman

Eric Musselman was named head men’s basketball coach at the University of Southern California in 2024. Previously, Musselman served as the head coach at the University of Arksanas from 2019-2024. Musselman has over 30 years of coaching experience, including more than 20 years as a professional and collegiate head coach.

In his eight years as a collegiate head coach, Musselman’s teams have won at least 20 games each year with his winning percentage of .730 ranking sixth-best among active Division I coaches (with at least five years as a head coach at a Division I program). After winning the CBI at Nevada in his first year as a collegiate head coach, his teams have played in each of the last six NCAA Tournaments held (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023).

Prior to entering the collegiate head coaching ranks, Musselman was a head coach for seven professional teams, including two seasons with the Golden State Warriors (2002-04) and one with the Sacramento Kings (2006-07). He won over 500 games as a professional head coach with an overall winning percentage of .634 (503-291).

In four seasons at Arkansas, Musselman has returned the program to heights it had not seen since the mid-1990’s. The Razorbacks have played in three-straight NCAA Sweet 16’s for the first time since 1994, ’95 and ’96 while advancing to the Elite 8 in both 2021 and 2022.

His exciting brand of basketball and infectious personality has invigorated the Razorback faithful and future Razorbacks. After reaching the NCAA Elite 8 in year two, the Razorback fans responded by selling-out Bud Walton Arena for the entire season before the first game in each of the last two seasons (2021-22 and 2022-23) was played. Arkansas led the NCAA in total attendance in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

His proven style and success led the Razorbacks to land the #5 recruiting class in the nation for the 2020-21 season, highlighted by future NBA lottery pick Moses Moody, and the consensus #2 recruiting class for the 2022-23 season, including five-stars Nick Smith Jr., Anthony Black and Jordan Walsh with all six recruits landing on the ESPN and SI top 100 lists. In addition, Musselman has been the standard-bearer negotiating the new landscape of NCAA basketball by landing the top transfer players in the nation in each of the last three seasons. Overall, 21 all-conference honors have been earned by Musselman players over the last seven seasons.