USC Trojans men's basketball coach Eric Musselman could be losing assistant coach Todd Lee, according to a report from college basketball insider John Rothstein. Per Rothstein, Lee is the top target of Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners for their head coach opening, but a deal is not yet finalized.
Lee has worked alongside Musselman since 2023 when Lee joined the Arkansas coaching staff, and he moved to USC when the Trojans hired Musselman in 2024. Before his time with Musselman at Arkansas, Lee was the head coach at his alma mater South Dakota for four seasons.
The two coaches were first connected in the CBA, a former men's professional basketball minor league, when Lee was an assistant coach for Musselman on the Rapid City Thrillers from 1992 to 1994. Lee then left Musselman's staff on the Rapid City Thrillers for an assistant coaching job at Cal State Bakersfield.
Now in 2026, Lee is once again departing Musselman's staff for a position at Cal State Bakersfield, but this time it's as the Roadrunners' head coach.
If Cal State Bakersfield does hire Lee away from USC, the Trojans will be losing one of their more experienced assistant coaches, but experience is still easy to see...
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