The University of Tennessee has reached out to Missouri State asking for permission to interview head women's basketball coach Kellie Harper, MSU Athletics Director Kyle Moats confirmed to the News-Leader on Tuesday.
"The University of Tennessee has contacted me to inform me they have interest in speaking with Coach Harper about their women's head coaching position," Moats said in a statement to the News-Leader on Tuesday.
The news was first reported by Dan Lucy of KOLR10 on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
Harper, a former point guard under Pat Summitt at Tennessee, won three national championships as a player in Knoxville.