Paper Trail

Gerry McNamara will become the next head coach of the Syracuse Orange Men’s Basketball program, according to my sources. He returns to the Orange after spending two seasons as the head coach of the Siena Saints Men's Basketball program inside the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The year prior to him taking over at Siena, the Saints were 4-28. In his first season with the Saints, the team improved to 14-18 and this past season, they rose to 23-12, including winning

This is the right move… Gerry McNamara was a part of the ONLY team to win an NCAA Tournament Title in Syracuse Men’s Basketball history (2003). He then guided the Orange to back-to-back Big East Championships (2005 & 2006). So Gerry knows the “Syracuse Standard”. To then learn under Hall-of-Famer Jim Boeheim as an assistant & help guide student-athletes to NCAA Tournament berths as a member of the coaching staff showed his translation from player to coach. Then he took over h

Bryan Blair is a name to know in the search for the next Syracuse University Director of Athletics. Blair is currently the Vice President and Director of Athletics at the University of Toledo. He worked with the NCAA from 2010-11 as an Academic and Membership Affairs Pistgraduate Intern before becoming the Compliance Coordinator at Rice University from 2011-12. From there, Blair went to the east coast to serve as the Assistant Director of Compliance Services at the University

Following an 86-69 loss to the SMU Mustangs in the first round of the 2026 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's Basketball Tournament, Adrian Autry was relieved of his duties as Head Coach of the Syracuse Orange program. The news came the morning after what would be his final press conference as the leader of the storied Syracuse Men's Basketball squad. In a statement released by Syracuse University, Autry stated, "It has been an honor to coach at my alma mater. I want to th