Jerry Stackhouse’s moment at Vanderbilt is reportedly over.
According to ESPN, the varsity fired Stackhouse on Thursday next his crew used to be eradicated from the SEC match Wednesday night time. Vanderbilt misplaced a 14-point halftime govern in a 90-85 time beyond regulation loss to Arkansas. The defeat dropped Vanderbilt to 9-23 total.
Stackhouse will reportedly have a buyout of roughly $15 million due to a agreement extension he signed next the 2022-23 season.
The previous North Carolina superstar’s moment at Vanderbilt didn’t meet expectancies. The Commodores completed above .500 in simply two of his 5 seasons. The crew’s very best season got here a season in the past — and the way Stackhouse connect that agreement extension — when Vanderbilt went 22-15. The Commodores beat Kentucky two times in March however didn’t get into the NCAA match.
There used to be refuse step ahead this season. Rather, Vanderbilt were given off to a coarse get started and used to be 4-8 earlier than Christmas due to losses to groups like Presbyterian, San Francisco and Western Carolina. The Commodores went simply 4-14 in SEC play games and completed thirteenth within the 14-team convention.
Vanderbilt used to be Stackhouse’s first faculty training task. He got here to Nashville next a stint as an worker tutor with the Memphis Grizzlies. Prior to his time with the Grizzlies, Stackhouse used to be an worker with the Toronto Raptors and coached the franchise’s G League crew for 2 seasons.
Stackhouse, 49, were given into training no longer lengthy next his taking part in profession completed in 2013. The Disagree. 3 select within the 1995 NBA Draft performed for 8 groups all through an 18-season profession and completed with over 16,000 issues.
Whoever takes over for Stackhouse can be tasked with returning this system to the good fortune it had underneath Kevin Stallings over a decade in the past. From 2007-2012, Vanderbilt made the match 5 instances and used to be refuse less than a Disagree. 6 seed in any of the ones appearances. For the reason that 2012 match, Vanderbilt has performed within the NCAA match simply two times and hasn’t been higher than a Disagree. 9 seed.
