Coaching changes for the 2008-09 season.
| School | Out | Years | Record | In |
| Alcorn State | Samuel West | 5 | 44-103 | Larry Smith |
| Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Van Holt | 6 | 50-124 | George Ivory |
| Arkansas State | Dickey Nutt | 13 | 189-187 | John Brady |
| Brown | Craig Robinson | 2 | 30-28 | Jesse Agel |
| Bucknell | Pat Flannery | 14 | 234-178 | Dave Paulsen |
| California | Ben Braun | 12 | 219-154 | Mike Montgomery |
| Centenary | Rob Flaska | 3 | 24-65 | Greg Gary |
| Detroit | Perry Watson | 15 | 258-185 | Ray McCallum |
| Drake | Keno Davis | 1 | 28-5 | Mark Phelps |
| Florida Atlantic | Rex Walters | 2 | 31-33 | Mike Jarvis |
| Grambling | Larry Wright | 9 | 88-160 | Rick Duckett |
| Idaho | George Pfeiffer | 2 | 12-48 | Don Verlin |
| Indiana | Kelvin Sampson | 2 | 41-14 | Tom Crean |
| Jacksonville State | Mike LaPlante | 8 | 95-137 | James Green |
| James Madison | Dean Keener | 4 | 31-83 | Matt Brady |
| Kent State | Jim Christian | 6 | 138-58 | Geno Ford |
| Loyola Marymount | Rodney Tention | 3 | 30-61 | Bill Bayno |
| LSU | John Brady | 10 | 192-139 | Trent Johnson |
| Marist | Matt Brady | 4 | 73-50 | Chuck Martin |
| Marquette | Tom Crean | 9 | 190-96 | Buzz Williams |
| Maryland-Eastern Shore | Meredith Smith | 1 | 4-28 | Frankie Allen |
| Massachusetts | Travis Ford | 3 | 62-35 | Derek Kellogg |
| Mercer | Mark Slonaker | 11 | 128-190 | Bob Hoffman |
| Missouri State | Barry Hinson | 9 | 169-117 | Cuonzo Martin |
| Mississippi Valley State | James Green | 3 | 44-51 | Sean Woods |
| New Jersey Tech | Jim Casciano | 7 | 66-119 | Jim Engles |
| Ohio | Tim O'Shea | 7 | 120-95 | John Groce |
| Oklahoma State | Sean Sutton | 2 | 39-29 | Travis Ford |
| Oregon State | Jay John | 6 | 26-68 | Craig Robinson |
| Pepperdine | Vance Walberg | 2 | 14-35 | Tom Asbury |
| Providence | Tim Welsh | 10 | 160-143 | Keno Davis |
| Rice | Willis Wilson | 16 | 219-246 | Ben Braun |
| Sacramento State | Jerome Jenkins | 8 | 80-147 | Brian Katz |
| San Francisco | Jessie Evans | 4 | 45-57 | Rex Walters |
| South Carolina | Dave Odom | 7 | 128-104 | Darrin Horn |
| St. Francis (Pa.) | Bobby Jones | 9 | 85-167 | Don Friday |
| Stanford | Trent Johnson | 4 | 80-48 | Johnny Dawkins |
| TCU | Neil Dougherty | 6 | 75-108 | Jim Christian |
| Texas Southern | Robert Moreland | 1 | 7-25 | Tony Harvey |
| Texas Tech | Bob Knight | 7 | 138-82 | Pat Knight |
| Toledo | Stan Joplin | 12 | 203-155 | Gene Cross |
| Western Illinois | Derek Thomas | 5 | 40-104 | Jim Molinari |
| Western Kentucky | Darrin Horn | 5 | 111-48 | Ken McDonald |
