Head men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs will be the team’s coach next year, GW’s director of athletics told The Hatchet Tuesday.

“Karl Hobbs will be the coach next year. He understands what is expected — his expectations might even be higher than mine,” Jack Kvancz said.

In the past few weeks, there had been a growing sentiment among vocal fans that Hobbs – whose contract runs through 2012 – should be dismissed. Kvancz acknowledged the unhappiness and said he too was disappointed with how the season transpired, though he did not know exactly what went wrong.

In January, senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak, said that if the team did not make the Atlantic 10 tournament, the University would have to look at “making some changes.” Kvancz hinted at making some changes, but would not go into specifics.

Look for more on this in Thursday’s issue. [Edit: here.]