Oklahoma State University announced in a statement Friday that it has severed ties with men's head basketball coach Travis Ford.
The Cowboys season came to end after OSU lost to Kansas St. 75-71 in the first game of the Big 12 tournament.
Ford's final squad finished the 2015-16 season with a 12-20 record, 3-15 in Big 12 play.
This was the Cowboys second losing season during Ford's tenure. His overall record in eight seasons in Stillwater was 155-111.
His Cowboys made the NCAA tournament in five seasons, but a 77-75 victory over Tennessee in 2009 is Ford's only tournament win.
The 2013-14 team showed the most promise with a preseason AP rank of No. 9 and climbed as high as the No. 5 ranked team in the nation. That team faced controversy when star guard Marcus Smart went into the stands in Lubbock during a game against Texas Tech and pushed a fan who was taunting Smart.
The Cowboys were eliminated in the first round by Gonzaga. It was the second straight tournament OSU faced a tough matchup in March Madness.
The previous year, OSU landed a No. 5 seed but faced 12-seed Oregon, a team many felt was much better than its seed indicated, and lost 68-55.
Oklahoma St. hired Ford from UMass where his final team made the NIT Championship to close out a 62-35 three-year run.
Where does OSU go from here? Who knows for sure, but whomever patrols court-side next season has an uphill task of resurrecting a once-proud program, and a once-filled Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Stay in touch with us anytime, anywhere.
Download our free app for Apple and Android and Kindle devices.
Sign up for newsletters emailed to your inbox. Select from these options: Breaking News, Severe Weather, School Closings, Daily Headlines and Daily Forecasts.
