Arizona announced the promotion of Director of Basketball operations Evan Manning to assistant coach and the hiring of former graduate assistant Austin Torres as his successor on Thursday. Manning has been the Arizona Director of Operations for the last two years. Torres returns to Arizona after spending one season on the staff at Scottsdale, Notre Dame Prep, as an assistant coach. Murphy is the longest-tenured Arizona assistant coach, having been with the Wildcats since 2020 in his second stint in Tucson. Nakagawa was also promoted to assistant coach before the 2024-25 season after previously being the Director of Advanced Scouting for the Arizona basketball program.