Ben Howland is out as men's basketball coach at Mississippi State, ... Howland also guided Northern Arizona and Pittsburgh to NCAA tournament berths over a 26-year career that includes 533 wins.

MSU Director of Athletics John Cohen made the announcement Thursday that Howland is out as the Bulldog men's basketball head coach. Howland recently completed his seventh season as MSU's head coach.

Howland hasn't worked full-time since he was fired almost two years ago as the basketball coach at UCLA, his dream job, despite taking the Bruins to three consecutive Final Fours from 2006-08.

Mississippi State announced Ben Howland as its new basketball coach Monday night. The school will officially announce the hire of the former UCLA coach on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Humphrey Coliseum.

Former UCLA Coach Ben Howland shouts instruction to the Bruins in 2013. ... “In my mind, my next job is where I’m going to finish my career,’’ he says.

Mississippi State and former UCLA head coach Ben Howland are putting the finishing touches on a deal that would make the 57-year old the Bulldogs next head basketball coach, multiple sources told ...

Ben Howland is an excellent college basketball coach, no matter what they tell you. ... and if he keeps coaching he will blow by Majerus's career win total. ...

Head coach Ben Howland and his staff have added a few signees/transfers while also losing a trio ... That was the worst thing I've ever had to go through as a coach in my coaching career of 37 ...

It is difficult to discern the exact moment when Ben Howland's career turned, when he transformed from seemingly the ideal coach to lead the program that John Wooden made famous to a guy UCLA will ...

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— Ross Land couldn’t believe his eyes. Land, who years ago played four seasons for Ben Howland at Northern Arizona, had seen his former coach develop a certain reputation. But now he was ...

Ben Howland, who went 134-98 and never finished higher than fourth in the SEC during his seven seasons with Mississippi State, is out as men's basketball coach of the Bulldogs.