Memphis coach Penny Hardaway announced the hiring of assistant coaches Nolan Smith and Mike Davis on Wednesday, just two weeks after parting with four staff members on the eve of his seventh season. Smith and Davis are high-profile hires and will be latest on a carousel of assistants who've worked under Hardaway since he took the Memphis job in 2018.

The Memphis men’s basketball program announced the hiring of Mike Davis as an assistant coach for the upcoming season. Davis joins Memphis after spending the majority of his coaching career with the Detroit Mercy men’s basketball team,

Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway has hired Nolan Smith as an assistant coach, the school announced Wednesday.

Penny Hardaway has been an OK basketball coach through six seasons with the Memphis Tigers, but his program is nationally relevant only in its ability to generate embarrassing headlines.

Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said Friday that he "absolutely, unequivocally" expects Penny Hardaway to be the school's men's basketball coach for the 2024-25 season. Scott's remarks come at the conclusion of a tumultuous week for the program that included a staff purge and the university's acknowledgement of an anonymous letter that alleges multiple potential NCAA violations.

The university shared an anonymous letter alleging Hardaway’s personal involvement in recruiting players and academic violations with the NCAA.

NEW TIGERS IN TOWN 🐅 Two weeks after four members of the coaching staff were let go, two new assistant coaches have joined the University of Memphis Men's Basketball program.

Less than a month away from matching up against North Carolina in the first of two high profile charity exhibition games, Penny Hardaway is starting to piece together his coaching staff. A staff left pretty bare when Hardaway parted ways with four staff members a couple of weeks ago.

Nolan Smith is taking his experience as a Louisville and Duke basketball assistant to Penny Hardaway's Tigers.