Dayton’s Brian Gregory Hired To Replace Paul Hewitt As Georgia Tech Head Coach

Brian Gregory has finally been announced as the new basketball coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, only an entire working-person’s shift after the University of Dayton announced the move via Twitter and three days after Jeff Goodman first reported it.

Gregory is expected to be formally introduced at a 5 pm ET Monday press conference, where he’ll likely be asked about the prospect of playing a season’s worth of home games away from campus, the possibility of bringing on alum Mark Price as an assistant, and restoring the excitement to Tech hoops after the slow drain of Paul Hewitt’s latter years.

Dayton’s Brian Gregory will be named the next head coach of Georgia Tech basketball on Monday, according to a report in the Dayton Daily News. Gregory, 44, will replace Paul Hewitt, who was fired by the Yellow Jackets following a disappointing 13-18 season.

Gregory has built a winning program during his eight seasons at Dayton, leading its basketball program to a 172-94 record during his tenure with the Flyers, including five postseason berths. Gregory led Dayton to the NCAA Tournament twice and the NIT Tournament three times. The Flyers won the NIT title two seasons ago. Gregory does have power conference experience -- before becoming Dayton’s head coach, he was an assistant coach for Tom Izzo at Michigan State for five seasons.