Jerry Stackhouse has spent the last few years in various roles in the NBA as a coach and he has excelled in doing so. He has only spent the past year with the Memphis Grizzlies, but even in that short amount of time, he has shown his worth which is why he is being given this opportunity.
Some will question this move from both perspectives. Hiring NBA assistants to become college head coaches doesn’t always work and on the flip side of that, some don’t know why Stackhouse would do this deal. He had a chance to become an NBA head coach very soon, but that is likely put on hold for at least a few years now.