KANSAS CITY — Former University of Texas Men's Basketball head coach Tom Penders has been selected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Penders will be enshrined this weekend in Kansas City at the 2021 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Celebration presented by Nike.
In addition to Penders, the eight-person Class of 2021 includes Maryland's late Len Bias, David Greenwood of UCLA, Bradley's Hersey Hawkins, Jim Jackson of Ohio State, North Carolina's Antawn Jamison, Paul Pierce of Kansas and former coach Rick Byrd.
Penders, who was selected to the next class of the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor in August, served as Men's Basketball head coach at UT for 10 seasons (1988-98).