Reigning SWAC coach of the yr indicators extension with Braves

LORMAN, Miss. (AP) — Alcorn State’s males’s basketball coach Landon Bussie has agreed to a contract extension that can maintain him in Lorman, Mississippi, by way of 2026, the college introduced Thursday.

“I’m humbled and honored to have the continued support of our university president, as well as our director of athletics,” Bussie mentioned in a news launch. “They believe in me, as well as in my vision and the goals I must help lead the men’s basketball program into the future here at Alcorn State University. I’m ever so grateful for that.”

The size of his earlier contract and different particulars weren’t instantly accessible.

Bussie, the reigning Southwestern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, ended final season with a 17-17 file (14-4 in SWAC play), advancing to the postseason with an automated berth within the National Invitational Tournament.

Bussie started his tenure as head coach at Alcorn State in April 2020, spending the earlier six seasons as an assistant for the boys’s basketball program at Prairie View A&M. Before that, he additionally spent 4 seasons at Xavier University of Louisiana, the place he led the Gold Rush to a few straight Gulf Coast Athletic Conference common season titles.