Tar Heel Legend Gets the Boot in Nashville

On Thursday, despite a contract extension less than two years ago, Vanderbilt announced that UNC basketball product Jerry Stackhouse will not be the Commodores' head coach next season.

Fortunately for the 49-year-old, a former 18-year NBA journeyman wing, he has a considerable buyout coming his way.

This season, Stackhouse's fifth at Vanderbilt, the Commodores finished 9-23 overall and 4-14 in SEC regular-season play. It ended in notably disappointing fashion, as the squad allowed Arkansas to overcome a 15-point deficit in the second half of their SEC Tournament opening-round clash on Wednesday. Vanderbilt fell in overtime, 90-85.

There's no telling yet what's next for Jerry Stackhouse following his first job as head coach at the college level (he was the head coach of the Toronto Raptors' G League affiliate, Raptors 905, from 2016 to 2018). He posted a 70-92 overall record at Vanderbilt and never reached the NCAA Tournament.

"I appreciate the opportunity that Vanderbilt gave me to broaden my experience with the sport that I love, and one that has blessed me in more ways than I can count," said Stackhouse, a two-year UNC basketball sensation who earned consensus First Team All-American honors as a sophomore for the 1994-95 Tar Heels.