The 2025–26 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Tennessee Technological University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Golden Eagles were led by John Pelphrey in his seventh and final year as head coach, and played their home games at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 8–12 in OVC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC tournament.
On March 3, 2026, the school fired head coach John Pelphrey. On March 12, the school named former Fairleigh Dickinson and Iona head coach, Tobin Anderson, the team's new head coach.
On August 13, 2025, the school announced that the season would be the last for the team in the Ohio Valley Conference, as they would join the Southern Conference on July 1, 2026.
Previous season The Golden Eagles finished the 2024–25 season 15–17, 10–10 in OVC play to finish tied for fifth place. They were defeated by UT Martin in the first round of the OVC tournament.
Preseason On October 14, 2025, the OVC released their preseason polls. Tennessee Tech was picked to finish seventh in the conference.
Preseason rankings +ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll Place Team Votes 1 188 (12) 2 177 (6) 3 163 (1) 4 135 (1) T-5 100 7 Tennessee Tech 80 8 79 9 67 (2) 10 63 11 57
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Players to Watch Each OVC team selected two "Players to Watch" for their team.
Players to WatchPlayerPositionYearJaJuan NichollsForwardJuniorMekhi CameronGuardGraduate Senior Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| OVC regular season
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