UE Fires Men's Basketball Coach Likliter, Staff

Evansville IN

10 May, 2022

8:40 AM

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By John Gibson, WNIN May 10, 2022 The University of Evansville is looking for a new men's basketball coach. In an email, UE's new Athletic Director Kenneth Siegfried said the university was parting ways with head coach Todd Lickliter and his staff. Lickliter served as assistant coach under Walter McCarty and took the top job when McCarty was fired in January 2020. Siegfried praised Lickliter and his staff for navigating the many changes and hurdles brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Siegfried said Lickliter exemplified "the key components and purpose of being a Purple Ace" and he wished him "nothing but the best." Siegfried said UE will immediately begin searching for its next men's basketball coach. The Aces struggled with a record of 6-and-24 in the 2021-22 season. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.