Alabama basketball assistant Ryan Pannone is set to become the next head coach at Arkansas State, according to multiple reports Friday.
Pannone arrived at Alabama ahead of the 2023-24 season after serving on the New Orleans Pelicans staff as an assistant. Arkansas State will be his first college head coaching job, starting his career as an assistant for various international professional teams. He also had head coaching positions with the Erie BayHawks and Birmingham Squadron of the NBA G Leage before spending the last two seasons as one of Nate Oats’ assistants.
Pannone spent most of his time running Alabama's offense, coaching alongside assistants Bryan Adamas and Preston Murphy this season.