SU has parted ways with Syracuse basketball general manager Alex Kline, according to a report on X from CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein.
I'm wishing Alex nothing but great success moving forward. He's an SU alum and bleeds Orange, much like former head coach Adrian Autry, who was fired earlier on Wednesday, according to Syracuse Athletics.
Sources: Syracuse and GM Alex Kline have also parted ways.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 11, 2026
Kline, a former NBA scout, was hired as the Orange's first general manager in July of 2024. In this role, according to an announcement at that time, Kline would focus on things such as scouting and recruiting, player development, transfer-portal management, NIL and fundraising.
As Autry has alluded to, the landscape in college sports has rapidly changed, with the explosion of the transfer portal, third-party NIL deals and, in the 2025-26 sports season, the ability of schools to directly pay their athletes.
SU has parted ways with Syracuse basketball general manager Alex Kline.
To be fair, Kline didn't have a hand in building the Orange's 2024-25 roster, as he officially joined the program in the summer of 2024. However, Kline was instrumental in building SU's 2025-26 roster, with Autry even noting the importance of Kline being on board for Syracuse basketball to succeed with its transfer portal recruiting efforts ahead of 2025-26.
As I've written about on numerous occasions, too, Kline was playing a key role with the program's recruiting at the high school level across different classes.
In the recently completed season, the 'Cuse went 15-17 overall after losing to SMU in the ACC Tournament's first round on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. The campaign before, the Orange was 14-19 overall, its worst record dating back to the late 1960s.
In 2025-26, the team's roster of 13 main scholarship players included two key returnees in senior shooting guard J.J. Starling and sophomore power forward Donnie Freeman. Starling was a McDonald's All-American and a five-star, top-25 national prospect in the 2022 cycle. Freeman, too, was a McDonald's All-American and a five-star, top-10 overall player in the 2024 class.
The Orange then brought in a six-member transfer class that included four-star portal prospects such as junior point guard Naithan George, who led the Atlantic Coast Conference in assists per game last season; redshirt senior small forward Nate Kingz, who shot better than 44 percent from beyond the arc in 2024-25; and sophomore forward Tyler Betsey, a former SU recruiting target and a top-50 national prospect in the 2024 cycle.
At the prep level, Syracuse basketball's five-member cycle featured four-star, top-30 overall players Kiyan Anthony, a shooting guard from New York City, and Sadiq White Jr., a forward from Charlotte, N.C. Combo guard Luke Fennell, who hails from Australia, also was rated four stars.
For the 'Cuse, on paper, to possess this kind of talented roster and yet only secure one more victory in 2025-26 than in 2024-25 is unacceptable. Unfortunately, some of that blame falls on Kline. But to reiterate, I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.