LSU Will Stick With Matt McMahon And Increase NIL Funding, As Tiger Rag Advised Last Week
the support that I’ve received here,” he said. “It’s an absolute honor and privilege to get to coach at a place like LSU with the tradition, the history, the star power over the years in all sports.”
McMahon, 46, came to LSU after the 2021-22 season to replace Will Wade, who was fired after the NCAA ruled his involvement in several major recruiting violations. McMahon previously coached at Murray State, which he took to three straight NCAA Tournaments from 2018 through 2021 with no NCAA Tournament in 2020 due to COVID. He also won three Ohio Valley Conference titles. Murray State was 26-6 and 16-2 in 2017-18, 28-5 and 16-2 in 2018-19, 23-9 and 15-3 in 2019-20, and 31-3 and 18-0 in 2021-22.
McMahon was 14-19 and 2-16 in his first season at LSU in 2022-23 after a mass exodus of players to the portal after Wade’s dismissal. He went 17-16 and 9-9 last year and reached the NIT. LSU lost 6-foot-10 junior forward Jalen Reed, who was its top returning player for 2024-25, for the season in early December to a knee injury.
Also last December, McMahon signed the No. 6 recruiting class in the nation in the early period.
“And, so, we’re going to continue to fight every day and keep working to get better,” McMahon said. “I love the recruiting class we were able to sign in the early period. And we all know the importance of the transfer portal as you look at college athletics here in 2025.”
Suddenly, LSU is also realizing the importance of NIL money and the portal in football last December after a disappointing season and now with men’s basketball.
