WINSTON-SALEM — A former University of Tennessee assistant men’s basketball coach is off to the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Former Tennessee assistant coach Steve Forbes has been hired to replace Danny Manning as head basketball coach at Wake Forest. He was hired by former Tennessee Director of Athletics John Currie, who now holds the same position with the Demon Deacons.
Time to get fired up, Deacon Nation!
We're ready…are you?!
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— Wake Forest Sports (@DemonDeacons) April 30, 2020
Forbes, who coached in Knoxville under Bruce Pearl from 2006-11, was most recently the head coach at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City.
He was head coach for five seasons and compiled a record of 130-43 at ETSU.
Forbes guided the Buccaneers to the Southern Conference regular-season title and the Soouthern Conference Tournament championship in the 2019-20 season. He was named the conference coach of the year twice (2017, 2020) and guided ETSU to a 30-4 record last season. The Bucs were headed to the NCAA Tournament until the COVID-19 pandemic prematurely ended the college basketball season.