DePaul has hired Oregon associate head coach Tony Stubblefield as its new head mens basketball, according to multiple reports.

The deal is for five years, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports

Stubblefield, 51, has mostly been an assistant coach throughout his career, except for a stint as the interim head coach at New Mexico State in 2004-5. Hes been at Oregon under head coach Dana Altman since 2010.

The Ducks have to been seven NCAA Tournaments under Altman, including a Sweet 16 appearance this season where they lost to Southern Cal. The program has been known to rely heavily on transfers, with this years team featuring Eugene Omoruyi (Rutgers) and L.J. Figueroa (St. Johns).

Stubblefield becomes the sixth African-American head coach in the 11-team Big East. Shaka Smart recently left Texas to take the Marquette job.

He will have to rebuild a roster depleted by transfers, including forward Pauly Paulicap and Ray Salnave.

DePaul fired head coach Dave Leitao March 15 after five last-place finishes in the Big East Conference. The school was then focused on Knicks assistant Kenny Payne, but that did not work out. Cleveland States Dennis Gates and Duke assistant Jon Scheyer were also linked to the job.

Stubblefield came to the Ducks after spending four years as an assistant at the University of Cincinnati, serving as the Bearcats recruiting coordinator from 2006-10.

At Cincinnati, he recruited Lance Stephenson, then the all-time leading scorer in New York State history, who was a one-and-done at the school.

Stubblefield has long been known as a top recruiter. As recruiting coordinator for New Mexico State, Stubblefield attracted three national Top-100 rated players, including one McDonalds All-American, a junior college all-American, and first-team all-state high school players from six different states.

Stubblefield began his coaching career as a student assistant for two seasons at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, his alma mater, where he completed his undergraduate degree in 1995.