Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder announced Friday the school and its basketball coach have “mutually agreed” to part ways after eight seasons. ESPN originally reported the story Saturday.
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“I like Travis Ford and his family,” Holder said in a statement released Friday. “He worked very hard at his job. Unfortunately, we have to move on.”
The Cowboys were just 3-15 in the Big 12 this season, and finished the year with a 12-20 mark after losing to Kansas State in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament. Ford was 155-111 over his career at Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma State made five NCAA Tournament appearances in eight seasons under Ford, but advanced past the first game just once. The lone first-round win came in 2009, Ford’s first season, though the Cowboys lost to top seed Pittsburgh in the Round of 32.
Oklahoma State announced in 2009 it had given Ford a 10-year contract extension. The pact included a $10 million buyout.
