On Monday, Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch reported that Scoonie Penn would be leaving the Ohio State men’s basketball coaching staff in order to accept a position on the coaching staff of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.
The Buckeye legend will be an assistant under new head coach Taylor Jenkins. After a decade-plus as a player internationally, Penn returned to Ohio State as the director of player development for his alma mater when Chris Holtmann replaced Thad Matta in the summer of 2017.
In a statement, Jenkins said, “We welcome an experienced group of coaches who have had success at all levels of basketball as both players and coaches.