Alex Kline is headed west for his next front-office job.
The former Syracuse men’s basketball general manager has accepted the same role at the University of Washington, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Thursday. With the move, Kline becomes the first general manager in Huskies program history.
Kline spent two seasons in charge of building Syracuse’s rosters after arriving at his alma mater on June 28, 2024. He had already carved out an unusual path into basketball, launching his website, The Recruit Scoop, at age 14 before later working as an NBA scout for several years after graduating from Syracuse in 2016.
His first full offseason at SU brought one of the more ambitious roster-building efforts in recent program memory. Working with former Syracuse data analyst Eugene Tulyagijja, Kline developed an algorithm that helped shape a 2025 recruiting class ranked No. 19 nationally by 247Sports. That group included four-star high schoolers Sadiq White and Kiyan Anthony, along with transfers Nate Kingz and William Kyle III.
But the results never matched the talent influx. Syracuse missed the NCAA Tournament in both of Kline’s seasons as general manager and went 29-36 overall with a 13-25 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference play during his time there.
After Syracuse finished 15-17 and 6-12 in ACC play in the 2025-26 season, Kline was dismissed on March 11, hours after former SU head coach Adrian Autry was let go. The Daily Orange previously reported that Kline was not given an option to return, and former Hampton associate head coach Greg Fahey replaced him.
At Washington, Kline takes over a program that has not reached the NCAA Tournament since 2019. The Huskies have gone 29-35 over two seasons under Danny Sprinkle, the former Utah State head coach.
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