LORMAN, Miss. -- Alcorn State men's basketball program has a new leader at its helm.
The university, in a news release Thursday, said Landon Bussie has been named as the team's head coach. He replaces Montez Robinson, whose contract was not renewed after the Braves went 15-15 last season and had just one winning season over five years. The team has not won a Southwestern Athletic Conference title or been to the NCAA tournament since 2002.
"This is a dream come true of mine. My goal is to bring back the winning tradition," Bussie said. "I will recruit a significant amount of student-athletes to help build a powerhouse in the SWAC. I will also set a goal for myself to have a 100 percent graduation rate."
Bussie spent the past six seasons at Prairie View A&M as an assistant coach, helping the Panthers win regular-season SWAC titles in 2018-19 and 2019-20. He also served as an assistant at his alma mater, Xavier University in Louisiana, for four years before going to Prairie View.