Linfield College men’s basketball coach Larry Doty is retiring after 26 seasons and a school-record 330 victories, director of athletics Scott Carnahan announced.

Doty, the longest-tenured and winningest coach in program history, will remain at Linfield as a member of the Health, Human Performance and Athletics faculty. He will continue to teach health courses and is taking on expanded responsibilities that include supervision of HHPA student internships within the community.

Doty has served as Linfield men’s basketball coach since 1987. He guided the Wildcats to Northwest Conference championships in 1999 and 2001, but the program has struggled to maintain its winning tradition in recent seasons.

Doty’s best stretch of basketball at Linfield came from 1998-99 until 2000-01. During that span, the Wildcats won 57 games against just 21 defeats and advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs in 2001.

Doty retires from coaching with a collegiate coaching record of 330-347 (.487).

A national search for a successor begins immediately.

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