Men's basketball head coach Mike DeGeorge has resigned his position at Rhodes College to take over the helm of NCAA Division II Colorado Mesa University (CMU). 

DeGeorge, who has guided the Lynx for the last eight years while acquiring a 110-96 overall record as his teams went 62-40 from the 2010-11 season until now. In just his second season DeGeorge took the Lynx from a 7-18 record to 18-9 while producing a 12-win conference record, the most in 20 years for the program. 

During his tenure with the Lynx, DeGeorge and staff won three conference championships with they garnered the coveted Southern Athletic Association tournament championship for the first time in 2017, earning them a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 24 years. 

DeGeorge will take over the Mavericks who went 11-17 on the year this past year. CMU is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with members from Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah. 

A search for Rhodes' next head basketball coach will begin after the College hires a new athletic director.

UPDATE:The job will be opened internally first. Once a re-confirmed date is established, it will be posted here. All interested applicants will be required to complete the official application, even if resumes have already been sent in, so please refrain from any and all emails/phone calls about the job. Thank you for your patience.