Memphis basketball coach named to local Hall of Fame
Memphis coach Joye Lee-McNelis gives instruction to her players during practice in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, March 3, 2004. Lee-McNelis is the first member of the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 to be publicly announced. (Donna McWilliam/AP file)
“Memphis was more than a job, it was a family. The players, the fans, and the city made it a place where we built something special together. I’m grateful for every moment and memory.”
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Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers Basketball Joye Lee-McNelis Memphis Sports Hall of FameParth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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