Vanderbilt has made a decision regarding the status of Jerry Stackhouse.
The Commodores announced on Thursday that they are firing Stackhouse after five seasons as the school’s men’s basketball head coach.
Vandy had gone 8-23 and 0-18 in SEC play in 2018-19 — the year before Stackhouse began his tenure. The team showed incremental improvement over the next two seasons and then got back over .500 in 2021-22 when it went 19-17 and 7-11 in conference play. Things seemed to finally be turning for the Commodores under Stackhouse when they went 22-15 last season, including an 11-7 record in conference. That strong season earned Stackhouse a co-SEC Coach of the Year honor.
Stackhouse had received a contract extension from Vandy prior to the successful 2022-23 season, but he didn’t last long. The Commodores slipped to 9-23 this season, including a 4-14 mark in conference. That was enough for Vandy to part ways with the coach.
This was Stackhouse’s first college coaching job following his successful career as a player at North Carolina and later the NBA. The 49-year-old Stackhouse was the 2017 D League Coach of the Year with the Raptors 905 team.
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