Eric Musselman

Biography

Top 25 in winning percentage of active college coaches 6 NCAA Tournament Appearances 2 Elite Eight Appearances 11 Players to the NBA since 2019 3 Mountain West Regular Season Championships 2018 Mountain West Coach of the Year 2012 NBA D-League Coach of the Year 1996 USBL Coach of the Year Eric Musselman has over 30 years of coaching experience, including 10 years as a collegiate head coach. As one of the winningest active coaches in college basketball, Musselman is ready for his second season with USC Men’s Basketball, bringing in one of the best transfer portal classes in the nation and some of the most elite freshmen to build this year’s roster. He took the role with the Trojans on April 5, 2024, creating a team from scratch with only one player from the previous team returning to the roster. With this new team built in the famous Portal House, Musselman and his staff were ready for their first season in the Big Ten. He led the Trojans to key victories, including a win in Galen over No. 7 Michigan State and on the road over No. 13 Illinois. Along with that, the Trojans took down Rutgers in a double-overtime thriller in the first round of the Big Ten Championships before falling in a tight contest to Purdue. USC went on to compete in the inaugural College Basketball Crown, taking down Tulane in the first round before falling to Villanova in a close 62-61 game. To add to those successes, he coached his first All-Big Ten honoree in Desmond Claude, who finished with honorable m