Faragi Phillips returns to his college coaching roots as Tigers face Vanderbilt
Faragi Phillips (right), with Memphis Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway (left) and assistant coach Frank Haith watch the action against Lane College on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022 at FedExForum. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
When the Memphis Tigers open their season Monday, Nov. 7, against Vanderbilt in Nashville, Faragi Phillips will return to where his collegiate coaching career began for the first time since joining Penny Hardaway’s staff this summer.
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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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