Josh Pastner

Josh Pastner, 17th Head Coach at Memphis In case you missed it, Martin Nglaoro is officially going to be a Memphis Tiger next season. Memphis Roar and True Blue Tiger had reported he was going to be on campus this past weekend visiting, and heck I even listed him on the 2009 Tigers Recruiting class review …little did we know that the new recruiting master in NCAA basketball, Josh Pastner, already had Ngaloro signed! Of course, with the recent D Rose drama , Coach P could not have picked a better time to release the signing. So the real question is this? How long ... Read Full Story

Josh Pastner, Memphis Coach Well, it hasn’t even been a week since I wrote Is Josh Pastner a Better Recruiter than Coacl Cal , when Coach Pastner turns around and signs Will and Antonio Barton , two star guards in the 2010 recruiting class. Will is ranked as the number 7 overall rated player in his high school class. Coach Pastner was able to sign the Barton brothers in direct competition with Coach John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats. The Memphis, Commercial Appeal reported that the brothers signed with Memphis after the recent SAT issues of NBA guard Derek Rose came to light with ... Read Full Story

New Memphis coach Josh Pastner hopes to be in Memphis for a long time and sees the program as a place where a coach can "win it all." The 31-year-old Pastner was introduced by Memphis officials on Tuesday as the successor to John Calipari, who left after nine years to accept the Kentucky coaching job. Pastner will earn $4.4 million over the next five years under his contract. Pastner is taking his first head coaching position after one year as an assistant under Calipari and six years as an assistant at Arizona. Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson says he felt he and Tigers officials ... Read Full Story

As soon as Coach John Calipari left Memphis this past March to join the Kentucky Wildcats, many have instantly made Tulsa the favorite to win Conference USA regular season and post season tournament in the 2009-10 season. The Tigers also lost four players to graduation and the NBA. Memphis has plenty of talent on the squad and new Coach Josh Pastner is going to surprise fans this season with how well the Tigers perform. I have Memphis as my favorite to win Conference USA with Tulsa a close second. If the Tigers did not benefit from having former Duke guard Elliot Williams transfer in ... Read Full Story

New Memphis head coach Josh Pastner. After weeks of speculation, Memphis has pulled the trigger on their new head coach, promoting assisant coach Josh Pastner to the position. The 31-year-old Pastner was an assistant coach for one year at Memphis, under recently departed head coach John Calipari. From an AP write up on the newly-promoted coach: Memphis has hired assistant coach Josh Pastner as successor to coach John Calipari. Memphis athletics spokesman Bob Winn says the school will hold a news conference at noon Central Tuesday to introduce Pastner as the next head coach. The 31-year-old coached for one year under Calipari, who announced ... Read Full Story