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Memphis males’s basketball head coach Penny Hardaway eliminated three members of his teaching workers, in response to Jason Munz of the Memphis Industrial Attraction.
Per Munz, Hardaway eliminated director of analytics Jermaine Johnson, director of participant growth Jamie Rosser and head teaching advisor Faragi Phillips from the staff’s workers. Memphis’ teaching workers has now skilled eight departures throughout the 2024 offseason.
The Tigers completed with a 22-10 report throughout their 2023-24 marketing campaign.
Memphis was unable to make a March Insanity look after incomes NCAA match berths within the earlier two years beneath Hardaway.
The Tigers began off the 2023-24 season sturdy, successful 15 of their first 17 video games. Nonetheless, they could not preserve the momentum going and ended up dropping eight of their ultimate 15 contests.
Along with the teaching workers turnover, Memphis’ roster can even look vastly completely different subsequent season. Ahead Nicolas Jourdain is the one returning scholarship participant after David Jones, final 12 months’s main scorer, joined the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-way contract in June.
Hardaway was lively within the switch portal, with the Tigers including a number of new faces over the offseason. Memphis’ incoming switch group ranked No. 11 within the nation, per 247Sports.
The brand new-look roster is headlined by PJ Haggerty, who averaged 21.2 factors and 5.5 rebounds per recreation with Tulsa throughout his 2023-24 marketing campaign.
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Colby Rogers can even be becoming a member of the Tigers after averaging 16.4 factors per recreation and taking pictures 39.1 % from three on Wichita State final season.
Hardaway’s revamped roster and training workers will debut on Nov. 4, as Memphis is about to host Missouri at FedExForum.
