Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson stepped down effective at the end of the season Friday. Here's when to expect IU to hire a new coach

Fourth-year Indiana basketball coach Mike Woodson will not return next season, according to numerous reports. Peegs.com, 247Sports’ Hoosier source confirmed the looming decision on Friday, Indiana has not made an announcement.

The Hoosiers will be searching for a new basketball coach after athletic director Scott Dolson announced Mike Woodson will step down at the end of the season.

Indiana men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson will step down at the end of the season, Hoosiers athletic director Scott Dolson announced on Friday afternoon. News that the program and Woodson, 66, were discussing a potential split surfaced on Thursday, first reported by Field of 68.

Here’s a list of potential candidates, broken into several different categories.

The Hoosiers’ coaching staff met with the team Thursday night and disclosed that Woodson will finish the rest of the season as head coach, starting with Indiana’s looming game against Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Once Indiana’s season ends, Woodson will depart the program.

News of a potential split between the program and Woodson, 66, was first reported by Field of 68. That report stated that the school and Woodson were working together on a way to allow him to exit in a respectful way by retiring at the end of the season.

Indiana and coach Mike Woodson are in discussions about the coach’s wishes to step away at end of 2024-25, sources tell me/ @jeffborzello . He’s expected coach the rest of the year, but is unlikely to return next year.

Detroit Pistons head coach Larry Brown (C) is restrained by his assistant coaches Mike Woodson (L) and John Kuester (R) after Brown was called for a technical foul in the first period of Game 3 of the Pistons' NBA Eastern Conference playoffs against the New Jersey Nets at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford,

Indiana men’s basketball coach Mike Woodson is expected to retire following the 2024-25 college basketball season, according to multiple reports. The news was confirmed by a person with direct knowledge of the situation who is not authorized to comment publicly because he does not speak for Woodson.