Former Tiger Willie Kemp brings international resume to Whitehaven
As a result of growing up in small Bolivar, Tennessee, “I focused on playing basketball,” said Willie Kemp (left in 2007), “and by the time I entered high school, I knew how to fully display the talent I had.” (David Crenshaw/AP file)
In the summer before his first season in charge at Whitehaven High, former Memphis point guard Willie Kemp will coach the Beale Street Boys in The Basketball Tournament.
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