Seton Hall assistant coach was hired at new school. Then students and players protested again him.

Corey Lowery, Seton Hall's assistant men's basketball coach, was recently hired as the head coach at Texas Southern University after a Texas Southern University Board of Regents executive session. However, his appointment has faced strong resistance from players, students, and alumni who advocated for interim head coach Shyrone Chatman to take the position instead. Former athletic director Ashley Robinson was also appointed as the new AD at Texas Southern.

Lowery, who grew up in New Jersey and attended Piscataway High School, has nearly 30 years of coaching experience, including 16 years as a head coach. He joined Seton Hall in 2022 under head coach Shaheen Holloway, who led the team to an NIT championship in 2024 and a fourth-place finish in the Big East the previous season.

Lowery's hiring was announced by Terrance Harris, a journalist covering the story for defendernetwork.com. Upon learning of the decision, players, students, and alumni protested on campus, holding signs and demanding Chatman be retained as head coach. They stormed out of the presentation after the vote in favor of Lowery.

Chatman had been the interim head coach at Texas Southern since April, following Johnny Jones' resignation after eight seasons. Jones had a coaching record of 133-125 at Texas Southern, including four consecutive losing seasons in the last four years. Lowery previously spent two seasons as head coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania before joining Seton Hall.