Jerry Stackhouse Is Rebuilding Vanderbilt, Ready to Battle Penny Hardaway & Rick Barnes in Tennessee

Posted May 8, 2019
Jerry Stackhouse agreed last month to six-year deal to coach the SEC school, and is now one of just two African-American head coaches in the SEC. Now he's in the process of trying to build a team that he hopes will compete with Penny Hardaway's squad at Memphis, Rick Barnes' team at Tennessee, and other top programs around the conference and the nation. (Forbes)

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