Canzano: Oregon State pushes Wayne Tinkle out
AD Scott Barnes met with the coach on Thursday.
Oregon State Athletic Director Scott Barnes met with men’s basketball coach Wayne Tinkle on Thursday.
Tinkle is out, per sources.
The coach was offered the chance to finish the season. Tinkle, 60, has not yet decided, I’m told. An official announcement is expected later on Thursday from the university.
What does it mean?
What happens next?
Those are questions to ask.
The move comes as no surprise. Tinkle is 176-204 in 12 seasons in Corvallis. He came perilously close to being fired in March 2021.
That season, the Beavers finished the regular season with a 14-12 record. I was told by sources that Barnes planned on firing Tinkle after the conference tournament in Las Vegas. But the coach had other ideas.