Schedules and rosters are virtually finalized at this point but that doesn’t mean there isn’t still activity in the college basketball universe. In an even that has now happened for a second time in less than a week, a D1 program is facing a head coaching change less than two months before the regular season begins.
While details are scarce at this current time, Wofford is making a head coaching change after relieving Dwight Perry of his duties. Full information hasn’t been given to this point, but Perry is out after just under three seasons as head coach, having taken over in December 2022 after predecessor Jay McAuley was also forced out of the program.
Wofford has informed head coach Dwight Perry that he has been let go, source told@TheFieldOf68. pic.twitter.com/gyTZq4IQ95
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) September 12, 2025
Perry played at Kentucky under Billy Gillispie, was an intern at Stanford, and was a graduate assistant for Shaka Smart at VCU. After work with Furman, he joined the new Wofford staff in 2019 under Jay McAuley, soon rising to associate head coach. As previously mentioned, Perry was promoted to the top job during the 2022-23 season. Last year was by far his best season with the Terriers, finishing 6th place in the SoCon before a great run at the SoCon Tournament and the program’s first trip to the Big Dance in six years.
Instead of trying to build on last season’s promising ending, Wofford instead is suddenly going in a different direction. In addition to Perry’s removal, associate head coach Tysor Anderson is also gone from the program, leaving the Terriers with quite a hole on their coaching staff. Assistant Drew Gibson, a Wofford graduate, has been named the interim head coach on a staff now missing two pieces.
Whatever the Terriers can expect under Gibson’s leadership is one thing, but this could have significant ramifications for the program as a whole. While most rosters are set and locked in for next season, every Wofford player can now leave and instantly transfer to another school. Gibson has to find new coaches to get through this season while fighting to prove he can be the next full-time leader for this program.
We don’t know all the details and we’re not going to speculate on what happened in Spartansburg, but a Wofford program that was showing promise once again is taking several steps back here in the middle of September. Can the players come together and make headway in the SoCon this year under these circumstances or are we really entering a tough stretch for Wofford basketball?