Dana Altman has announced his retirement after 16 seasons at the helm, bringing an unexpected end to his tenure with the Ducks. With the new college basketball season less than a month away, Oregon has been hit by a major coaching change.
“The first was leaving Creighton, a place my family and I dearly loved, to come to Oregon. This is the second,” Altman’s statement read. Altman also reflected on the emotional difficulty of leaving Oregon after nearly two decades with the program. “I’m going to miss my coaches, my players and our incredible fans more than I can express. But I know this is the right thing to do at this time,” his statement further read.
“I have had to make two really tough decisions in my coaching career,” said Altman. He said his five-decade coaching career has been something he has been fortunate to experience, while making it clear that he believes now is the appropriate time to walk away.
Oregon has turned to longtime assistant Tony Stubblefield to lead the team for the 2026-27 season. Stubblefield has spent much of Altman’s tenure on the Ducks’ staff and returned to Oregon before the 2024-25 campaign following his stint as DePaul’s head coach. During his Oregon tenure, Altman led the Ducks to nine NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Final Four run in 2017. He also delivered four Pac-12 regular-season championships and four Pac-12 Tournament titles, leaving behind one of the strongest coaching legacies in program history.
“The group that Tony and the staff put together — Stub did a great job. “Tony Stubblefield did most of the work on that. He met with the agents and talked with them,” he had added.
He’s taken a lot of things off my plate,” the exiting coach said.
