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UMHB parts ways with Clif Carroll after five seasons

UMHB parts ways with Clif Carroll after five seasons

Yahoo04-03-2025
BELTON, Texas (FOX 44) — The Cru have posted a head coaching job vacancy for the men's basketball position after rumors surfaced that former head men's basketball coach Clif Carroll and UMHB would part ways at the end of the 2024-25 season, a university spokesperson confirmed to Fox 44 Sports.
Carroll entered the Cru program in 2020, leading UMHB men's basketball to a conference title in 2022 and two appearances in the NCAA tournament, reaching the DIII Quarterfinals in 2022.
Carroll departs the program with a 99-34 record in five seasons.
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