Assistant basketball coach Nolan Smith leaving University of Memphis
Nolan Smith (left), who served as an assistant coach for the University of Memphis’ men’s assistant basketball coach last season, has been named Tennessee State’s head coach. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Smith will leave Memphis after one season on coach Penny Hardaway’s coaching staff.
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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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