ORANGEBURG, S.C. - South Carolina State has hired former Memphis assistant Tony Madlock to be its men’s basketball head coach. Madlock has spent 25 years as an assistant coach, including the past three seasons at Memphis under head coach and college teammate Penny Hardaway. Before that, Madlock was at Mississippi as an assistant for three seasons and then served as interim head coach in 2017-18. Madlock said he was excited to join the Bulldogs and start working to turn around the program. ___More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/College-basketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

Source: thestar March 26, 2021 01:07 UTC