The Georgia men’s basketball program is headed in a new direction. Mark Fox was let go on Saturday per ESPN's Jeff Goodman and the search for a new man to lead the program is under way. It’s probably too early to know exactly who or might be in the mix but below Dawgs247 delivers some names that make sense and could potentially be considered for the job.

Earl Grant (College of Charleston)

The 41-year old coach played his college ball at Georgia College from 1999-2000 and spent nine years as an assistant at the Citadel, Winthrop, Wichita State and Clemson before landing the head job at COC. He inherited a team that went 14-18 prior to his arrival and went 9-24 in his first season. Since then he has led the Cougars to records of 17-14, 25-10, and 26-7. His team has earned an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the fifth in school history.

Tom Crean (N/A)

The former Indiana and Marquette head coach has spent the past year working for ESPN as a College Basketball Analyst. He was fired by the Hoosiers after the 2016-2017 season the team underperformed and was bounced in the first round of the NIT. After a slow start in Bloomington that saw the team go 28-66 in the first three years, Crean led the IU to Four NCAA tournaments, making the Sweet 16 three times and one first-round exit. He took Marquette to the Final 4 in 2003 and led the program to five NCAA tournaments in his last seven in Milwaukee, including each of the three seasons after the Golden Eagles joined the Big East.

Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee State)

A Mississippi State alum and former basketball player in Starkville, Davis has been at MTSU since 2002. He didn’t get the Blue Raiders to an NCAA tournament in his first 10 years with the program despite finishing .500 or better in nine of them, but they broke through in 2013. Since then they have made the tourney three out of four years, including 2017 when they won Conference USA with a 17-1 mark in the league. He led Idaho to a pair of NCAA tourney bids in the late 1980’s but struggled in his one year at Texas A&M and a second stint (one year) at Idaho.

Would expect Todd Turner and Collegiate Sports Associates to handle the search. https://t.co/Ubwhwv9Ozm — Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) March 10, 2018

Thad Matta (N/A)

It’s tough to imagine a head coaching career getting off to as fast of a start as Matta’s. He led Butler to an NCAA tournament appearance in his first season before moving on to Xavier. He spent three years there and led the Musketeers to a birth in all three, making the Elite Eight in 2004. Ohio State hired him away and was ineligible for the NCAA tournament in his first year. Still the Buckeyes finished 20-12 and Matta led them to the round of 32 the next year and to the Final Four and national runner up the next. They won the NIT the next year before going to the NCAA Tournament seven-straight seasons with two appearances in the Sweet Sixteen, one Elite Eight and another Final Four. He didn’t make the tournament his last two years in Columbus and didn’t coach this past year due to health concerns. He has the most wins of any men’s basketball coach in Ohio State history.

Chris Mack (Xavier)

We’re naming a long shot here but if Georgia wants to make a splash, this might be a good way to do it. Mack has been at Xavier for nine years and when the Musketeers earn a bid this year it will make eight trips to the NCAA tournament. They’ve been to the Sweet 16 three times and the Elite Eight once. He reportedly turned down a $4 million offer to become Georgetown’s head coach last offseason and his current salary is unknown. But if the Bulldogs are willing to pay big money to successful coach who has ties to the Southeast (Wake Forest assistant for four years) this would be the ideal place to look.