Report: Wofford fires head basketball coach Dwight Perry

Wofford is less than two months out from beginning its basketball season. However, the Terriers have to name a new head coach based on the latest regarding Dwight Perry.

Per Jeff Goodman at The Field of 68, Wofford has informed Perry that he has been let go. That comes after three seasons as the head coach of the Terriers.

Wofford has informed head coach Dwight Perry that he has been let go, source told @TheFieldOf68.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) September 12, 2025

No cause for Perry’s firing has been reported at this point. Still, with the season so close to tipping off in college basketball, this is a notable move made for the Terriers to let him go from his position as head coach at this time. It also comes at a point where the school will likely have to just name an interim for this upcoming season, although no news has been made regarding that.

Through parts of three seasons at Wofford, Perry was 48-43 (.527) overall. After Jay McAuley was placed on probation for violations before later resigning in December of 2022, Perry took over from there as the interim, finishing that season at 12-12, before being hired for the full-time job on March 21, 2023.

In two full seasons with the Terriers, Perry was 36-31 (.537), including being 20-16 (.556) in league play against the SoCon. However, entering the league tournament as the No. 6 seed, Wofford won three games in three days over No. 3 ETSU, No. 7 VMI, and No. 5 Furman to win the Southern Conference Tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for the program’s first appearance in the bracket since 2019. The Terriers were a No. 15 seed that went to Lexington, Kentucky, where they lost 77-62 in the first round to No. 2 Tennessee.

As a player, Perry played for Kentucky from 2006 to 2009 for a season under Tubby Smith and two under Billy Gillispie. He appeared in 19 games for the Wildcats, playing less than two minutes per game in his collegiate career at UK.

As for his other coaching stops, Perry had coaching roles at VCU and Furman. He then arrived at Wofford, also holding roles as an assistant coach and associate head coach on their bench, in 2019.

It remains to be seen how exactly this came about as far as Perry’s firing. Wofford will now need to name a coach with just around seven weeks from tipping off.