The unique path Matt Zosel has taken since graduating from Southern Oregon University will lead him back to his alma mater as the next head coach of the Raider men’s basketball team, SOU Director of Athletics Matt Sayre announced Thursday. Zosel – after being named the Northwest Athletic Conference’s South Region Coach of the Year for the
Southern Oregon’s McDermott announces retirement
Brian McDermott, the longest-tenured head coach ever at Southern Oregon University in any sport, has announced his retirement after leading the Raider men’s basketball team for 26 years. McDermott had the ninth-most wins among all active NAIA coaches with 527 entering 2021-22. A cancer diagnosis days before the Raiders’ opener forced him off the sidelines