he failed to make a postseason appearance in his first four years at georgia tech. on march 16, 2015, georgia tech announced that gregory would continue as head basketball coach for another year, despite the fact he had had a conference finish higher than ninth. in the 2015–16 season, georgia tech improved, finishing the season 21–15 and did receive a bid to the national invitation tournament, their first postseason trip under gregory. the yellow jackets won two games before losing in the quarterfinals.