Longtime OSU head coach Wayne Tinkle will not return to the Beavers for his 13th season in 2026-2027.
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes told Various outlets On Thursday, the school was making a coaching change. Oregon State is 16-14 in the regular season this season with one regular season game remaining. The Beavers are 9-8 and ranked fourth in the West Coast Conference. Tinkle reportedly has the option to end the season.
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Dinkel led the Beavers to two NCAA tournament appearances while at the school. The most successful, and most memorable, came in 2021, when the Beavers reached the Elite Eight as a No. 12 seed.
OSU finished the regular season with a 14-12 record and then won three straight games in the Pac-12 Tournament to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Beavers went on to defeat No. 5 seed Tennessee, No. 4 seed Oklahoma State and future NBA draft pick Cade Cunningham, as well as No. 8 seed Loyola Chicago before losing to No. 2 seed Houston in the Midwest Regional final.
The next season, OSU was one of the worst teams in the country. The Beavers won 3-28.
OSU has spent the past two seasons playing in the West Coast Conference after most teams in the Pac-12 parted ways after the 2023-2024 season. The Beavers will return next season in a revamped Pac-12 format and Gonzaga will leave the WCC to join the conference as it adds Texas State and several teams from the Mountain West.
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With at least two games left in the season, Dinkel is 176-204 at OSU. After eight seasons at Montana State, he replaced Craig Robinson with the Beavers, leading the Grizzlies to three NCAA tournament appearances.