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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Incoming Middle Tennessee forward James Hawthorne shares a unique bond with head coach Kermit Davis that not many Blue Raiders do.
The 6-foot-7 junior from Prentiss, Mississippi, started his college playing career at the same place – Southwestern Mississippi Community College – that Davis made his head coaching debut, and both were around a similar age when they arrived there.
In 1985, Davis became the youngest head coach (24) in the junior college ranks in the nation at SMCC, the first head coaching stop in his storied career.