Jason Roscoe steps away as Madison College men’s coach after four seasons

Jason Roscoe stepped away from Madison College’s men’s basketball job after four seasons, leaving the WolfPack to sort out a coaching vacancy in the middle of July as roster work and recruiting for the next season were already underway. The school had not named a successor, and that timing matters for a program coming off one of its best recent stretches.

Roscoe was hired in August 2022 ahead of the 2022-23 season and became the 11th head coach in program history. He also served as an academic advisor, giving him a role that reached beyond the sideline and into the support structure that helps keep junior college rosters eligible and on track. Madison College posted a news item on July 6 announcing that Roscoe was stepping down, a move that came before the HoopsDirt report on July 14.

His first Madison College team went 16-14, finished second in the North Central Community College Conference at 5-3 and reached the Region 4 Division III Tournament championship game. The school noted that was the program’s first trip to the title game in three years and only the fourth since Madison College joined the region in 2009-10. That early run set the tone for a tenure that turned a rebuilding project into a competitive Division II program.

The WolfPack’s progress continued through the next two seasons. Madison College listed the 2024-25 team at 19-10 and a Region 4 semifinal appearance, then showed the 2025-26 squad at 20-7 with a program-record 9-0 start and a high of No. 10 in the NJCAA Division II poll. Those numbers framed Roscoe’s departure as more than a routine offseason change. He leaves behind a roster and recruiting base that had been trending upward, but one that now has to absorb a late-summer transition.

That urgency is sharper because Roscoe’s rebuild started from a tough spot. A February 2025 student newspaper profile described him as being handed a program that had gone 9-18 the previous season and had only one returning player. The turnaround helped him earn selection to coach at the NCAA College Basketball Academy in July 2023, a sign that his work had gained notice beyond Madison.

The next coach will inherit momentum, but not much time. With the roster cycle moving quickly and preseason preparations approaching, Madison College now needs a hire who can keep returners in place, preserve recruiting relationships and protect the continuity that Roscoe built over nearly four full years.