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Dana Altman once again denounces retirement rumors ahead of 2025-26 season
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With the 2025-26 college basketball season on the horizon for the Oregon Ducks , there are several questions looming over the program.
One is how quickly and effectively star point guard Jackson Shelstad can return from a broken hand that is expected to sideline him for at least another month. Another is how big of an impact Wei Lin , who averaged 21 points per game in the Chinese Basketball League a season ago, will have with the Ducks .
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But arguably the biggest is the future of the man who's built the program into what it is today: head coach Dana Altman .
Hired in 2010, Altman is in elite company as the coach of 28 consecutive winning seasons, joining Hall-of-Famers Bill Self and Tom Izzo. The Ducks have won 20 or more games in all 15 of his seasons at the helm. With 370 wins, Altman is the winningest head coach in Oregon history.
But at 67-years-old, retirement rumors are bound to appear.
ESPN college basketball insider Jeff Borzello reported on the topic in a post on X.
"I don't know how it got started," Altman said. "I guess because I'm old. I want to coach as long as I'm healthy and feel like I can do a good job at Oregon and Oregon wants me, I'd like to coach ... I've never felt like I'm ready to quit yet."
It's safe to say that Altman's job is secure, deeming his coaching tenure with the Ducks lasting as long as he wants it to.
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The outlook is high for his 2025-26 squad, with All-Big Ten Third-Team returners in Shelstad and center Nate Bittle along with forward Kwame Evans Jr. , who served a key role for last year's team. Lin should add scoring from the perimeter.
And per Altman's words, there's no reason to think he's close to being done as Oregon's coach, ensuring a highly competitive team for the years to come.
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