Tennessee men’s basketball head coach Donnie Tyndall KNOXVILLE — Conference tournament time brings back some great memories for Donnie Tyndall.
Tennessee’s basketball coach, making his first foray into the Southeastern Conference tournament later this week, is hoping to add to the memory vault with the Volunteers.
Tyndall coached Morehead State to the 2009 and 2011 Ohio Valley Conference tournament titles and NCAA tournament berths, and both triumphs happened in Nashville, where 10th-seeded Tennessee meets seventh-seeded Vanderbilt on Thursday night in the SEC tournament.
“It’s obviously a lot of fun when you get a chance to win championships and cut down the net and your entire university is there and your fans,” he said Monday. “It’s some of the fondest memories of my life. My daughters were there with us cutting down the nets. It’s an exciting emotional time during that time, (with) lifelong memories.
“My goal is to do the same thing here at Tennessee, and we’ve got a lot of work to do, but I’m looking forward to going back there for sure.”