Hall of Fame Basketball Coach Larry Brown ( Adam Hunger / USA TODAY Sports)
The Memphis Tigers have added famous Hall of Fame Coach Larry Brown as an assistant coach under Head Coach Penny Hardaway. This news comes after Hardaway announced he would not consider joining the Orlando Magic as their new Head Coach. While he did take an interview with his former NBA team he quickly decided that staying with Memphis was the right move. Adding a legend like Larry Brown will help Memphis and the rather new college Head Coach in many ways.
Larry Brown joining Penny Hardaway’s staff at Memphis has been in the works for a while and a constant topic in Memphis for weeks. Penny has been pushing for this. Finally, the administration is letting him have the assistant he’s always wanted after killing the idea initially. https://t.co/UnbfSV2XuF
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Penny Hardaway staying at Memphis, reportedly joined by Larry Brown
Field Level Media
30 Jun 2021, 12:40 GMT+10
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway will remain at the school after interviewing for the head job with the Orlando Magic.
The Tigers are also bringing Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown on as an assistant coach, according to multiple media reports. One day, in the future, I would love to coach in the NBA, Hardaway said Tuesday on Instgram. And wouldn t that be great if it was the Orlando Magic? But today isn t that day. Today, I m here with my players, with the fans, with the city, working [as] hard as I can to bring us a national championship. That s what I set out to do, and that s what I want to do.
Jun 29, 2021
Penny Hardaway is staying in Memphis and he s adding another basketball legend to his coaching staff.
According to
The Athletic s Shams Charania, Hardaway is hiring Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown as an assistant coach for the Tigers. The 80-year-old coach is expected to be formally announced soon.
As noted by
The Commercial Appeal, this marks the second time in Brown s coaching career that he will serve as an assistant. The first opportunity came in the 1960s when he spent two seasons at North Carolina under the legendary Dean Smith.
Brown last served as a head coach in 2018 for Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino in Italy. He is the only person in the history of men s college basketball to coach a team to an NCAA men s championship (Kansas, 1988) and lead a team to an NBA title (Detroit Pistons, 2004).
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