The Memphis Tigers reportedly will hire Tubby Smith as their head basketball coach, per CBSSports.com's Gary Parrish and ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman.
Smith replaces Josh Pastner, who left to take over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Pastner's departure was met with enthusiasm from a number of Tigers fans. The school has failed to reach the heights it did under John Calipari, with Memphis exiting the NCAA tournament in the round of 32 four years in a row between 2011 and 2014.
The Tigers missed out on the Big Dance altogether the last two seasons, and they're on-court struggles were creating bigger issues.