Hardaway ‘really impressed’ after new-look Tigers’ summer workouts
University of Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway tees off during the Pro-Am round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind on Aug. 6, 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Penny Hardaway knows that time is right around the corner.
Hardaway, the Memphis Tigers basketball coach, will soon have to put his clubs back into his “1 Cent” golf bag and tuck that bag deep into the corner of his closet.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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