EVANSTON—Bill Carmody will not return to Northwestern for a 14th season as the men’s basketball coach, the school announced Saturday.

The Wildcats lost their final nine games this season and finished 13-19. More important, they never made the Field of 68 (or 65 or 64) under Carmody(or anybody else-EVER), which is typically considered the pass-fail mark for power-conference coaches. The New Jersey native came close a few times, made the NIT from 2009 to 2012, and is generally respected within the sport. But change sometimes must come for the sake of change and to give hope to fans who no longer have it or, perhaps, have never had it. So, development is rooted in that. An attempt to reach Carmody for comment was not immediately successful.

Expect Duke associate head coach Chris Collins to emerge as the leading candidate.He’s from the area and has local support.