3 worst head coach hires in LSU basketball history

LSU is a football school at heart, so keeping quality coaches around is hard when the fanbase cares more about football than basketball. LSU has been successful in basketball before, but here are some coaches that couldn't get it done with the Tigers.

Mar 4, 2017; Starkville, MS, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Johnny Jones shouts during the first half of the game against Mississippi State. / Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports

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1957-1965. Jay McCreary. Jay McCreary. LSU MBB. player. 529. . . 82-115 overall record. 1

Jay McCreary has the worst win percentage by a head coach who coached more than three seasons at LSU. In eight seasons with the Tigers, McCreary only had one winning season but never had an NCAA appearance or NIT invitations.

In his first season, McCreary went 7-18 and 10-15 in his second season. His worst season was his third where he was 5-18 and 3-13 in the SEC. It is any wonder how McCreary wasn't fired after his first three seasons.

However, he picked it up just a bit with 11 wins in year four and 13 in year five, with the 13-win season marking his first and only winning record at LSU. After finally having a winning record, McCreary was average going 12-12, and then dropping back below .500 going 12-13, and then finally 12-13.

McCreary was fired after the 1964-1965 season when he was replaced by Frank Truitt for a season and the Press Maravich. Both coaches did not do much better than McCreary, marking some of the worst years in LSU basketball history.

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