Stan Heath's mercurial seven-season reign as USF's head basketball coach included arguably the Bulls' best season but offset some of their worst.
For the past five years, Heath was the head coach at Eastern Michigan, his alma mater, but that has come to an end. Heath and the school "mutually agreed to part ways"
"We are grateful for Coach Heath's commitment to this program, which spans five years as head coach and more than four decades as a student-athlete and proud alumnus of this University," said EMU Vice President/Director of Athletics. "He cares deeply about Eastern Michigan, and I wish him and his family the very best."
The team finished with a 10-21 overall record in 2025-26, and a 4-14 mark in Mid-American Conference play. He was 57-99 overall.
"I appreciate the opportunity to coach at my alma mater," Heath said. "I am disappointed for our fans and the Eastern community that we were not able to reach the level of success that is possible at EMU. I wish Eastern Michigan University the best going forward."
Heath suceeded Robert McCullom at USF in 2007 and stayed until he was fired in 2014. For six of his seven seasons, the Bulls competed in the Big East -- arguably the best basketball conference in the country at the time.
His 2011-12 team earned an at-large bid to the First Four in the NCAA tournament and Heath was named the Big East Coach of the Year.
The Bulls defeated favored California to open the tournament and advanced to play 5th-seeded Temple. The Bulls won that one, too and were one game away from the Sweet 16 before losing to Ohio 62-56.
Those are the only two NCAA wins so far for USF.
Heath came to USF after he was fired at Arkansas, even though his last two teams won a combined 43 games and made two NCAA tournament appearances.
Heath twice won 20 games with the Bulls but also had three seasons with 20 or more losses.
He served as an assistant at Boston College after leaving USF, and coached the Lakeland Magic of the NBA G League before joining Eastern Michigan in 2021.