A top recruiter and player development coach with storied success, Wes Flanigan joined the Georgia Tech men’s basketball staff as an associate head coach in April 2026.
Flanigan comes to The Flats after premier stops at Ole Miss (2023-26), Auburn (2018-23), Mississippi State (2012-15) and Nebraska (2010-12). The veteran coach has also had stints at Arkansas Little Rock, as both head coach (2016-18) and assistant coach (2015-16, 2004-08), and UAB (2008-10).
In his 22 seasons coaching at the collegiate level, Flanigan has helped lead teams to eight postseason appearances, 10 20-plus win seasons, and mentored multiple players to professional careers.
“I am elated to be a part of a Scott Cross led program, especially at a prestigious school like Georgia Tech in one of the best cities in the world,” said Flanigan. “There is a lot of work to be done and I am so excited to be a part of it!”
Most recently serving at Ole Miss, Flanigan helped the Rebels to back-to-back 20-win seasons in Oxford, highlighted by a Sweet 16 appearance in 2025. His inaugural season at Ole Miss saw the Rebels open with a record 13-0 start in non-conference play and culminate with a 20-win season in year one. This past season, Flanigan helped the Rebels make an SEC Tournament run, winning three games in three days to reach the semifinals, becoming the first team seeded 15 or higher to make the semifinal round of a conference tournament in Division I history.
In five seasons at Auburn, the Tigers compiled a 117-49 record with four 20-plus win seasons, three NCAA Tournament appearances (2020 canceled due to Covid-19) and an SEC Tournament Championship. He also mentored NBA draft selections Chuma Okeke, JT Thor, Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler, while guiding his son, Allen, to become the most improved scorer in the SEC in 2021-22. In just one season, Allen turned his offensive output from 3.2 points per game as a freshman to 14.3 points per game as a sophomore.
Despite the 2019-20 postseason being canceled, Auburn went 25-6 overall and finished second in the SEC. Auburn became one of just four major programs to record three consecutive 25-win seasons, joining Duke, Kansas and Kentucky. The 2020-21 season was led by Samir Doughty, who became the first All-SEC first team selection since 1999, and Isaac Okoro, who was just the sixth player in SEC history to be named to an all-conference team, all-defensive team and all-freshman team in the same season. After losing five of their top eight scorers from the 2019 Final Four team, Flanigan and the staff signed a consensus top-10 recruiting class in 2020, highlighted by the highest-rated recruit in program history in five-star Sharife Cooper, the third McDonald’s All-American at Auburn.
In Flanigan’s first season at Auburn (2018-19), the Tigers recorded one of the most historic seasons in program history after reaching the program’s first-ever Final Four. Auburn was the first team ever to defeat the three winningest teams in NCAA history in consecutive games at the NCAA Tournament, uprooting Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina on the historic run. The Tigers also claimed their second Southeastern Conference Tournament title in program history and first since 1985. The season was also highlighted by the signing of another top-10 recruiting class in November, highlighted by five four-star players.
Prior to his time at Auburn, Flanigan was the head coach at the University of Arkansas Little Rock for two seasons, after being elevated from assistant when Chris Beard left for Texas Tech. It was his second stint in Little Rock as Flanigan was also on staff as an assistant from 2004-08. In his combined seven seasons with the Trojans (2004-08, 2015-18), Flanigan helped Little Rock set program records for wins, Sun Belt Conference victories and road wins. He was a key factor in helping the Trojans win their first-ever outright Sun Belt title in 2015-16 to earn the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid where they knocked off No. 5 seed Purdue. Little Rock finished the season with a 30-5 overall record, marking the third time in Flanigan’s tenure the Trojans recorded 18 or more wins (20 wins in 2007-08 and 18 wins his first season in 2004-05).
In between his stops at Little Rock, Flanigan served two seasons as an assistant at UAB (2008-10), helping the Blazers to 47 wins, while matching the program record for wins in a season with 25 in 2009-10, and a pair of NIT appearances.
From UAB, Flanigan spent two years in the same capacity at Nebraska (2010-12) before joining Mississippi State from 2012-15.
Flanigan got his first start in coaching at Northwest Mississippi Community College where he was an assistant from 1994-2004.
The 1992-93 Gatorade High School Player of the Year, Flanigan was a four-year letterwinner at Auburn (1993-97) as the starting point guard. He capped his collegiate career with 1,228 career points and still remains second in the record books with 573 career assists. He also remains fourth in career free throws (338).
The Little Rock, Ark., native was the Southeastern Conference individual assist champion in 1996 when he dished out 214 dimes for an average of 6.7 per game. Flanigan earned All-SEC honors as a junior in 1996 and was voted to the All-SEC Freshman Team in 1994.
Flanigan graduated from Auburn with a degree in health promotion and was the recipient of the Cliff Hare Award, presented annually to the university’s top student-athlete.
