In the waning seasons of Jerry Stackhouse’s 18-year NBA career, there were a lot of rumblings among basketball analysts about what a great coach the all-star would make. Now, after a few seasons working as an NBA assistant coach in both Toronto and Memphis, Stackhouse has anchored down in Nashville as the head coach of Vanderbilt’s men’s basketball team. Having been selected as Sports Illustrated’s 1995 Player of the Year under the great Dean Smith at North Carolina, Stack knows a thing or two about what it means to be part of an elite NCAA program. P.J. KINZER
More Best of Nashville wins: In our Writers’ Choice, Jerry Stackhouse has also been named Best Coach (2023).
