South Carolina is reportedly targeting Chattanooga’s Lamont Paris to be its next men’s basketball coach, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Paris is coming off of a remarkable fifth season at Chattanooga, where he led the Mocs (27–8) to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2015–16 season. The Southern conference program was eliminated in the first round of the Big Dance with a nail-biting, 54–53 loss to Illinois.
Throughout his time at Chattanooga, Paris turned the program around in impressive fashion. After going 10–23 during his first season with the Mocs, the 47-year-old coach earned SoCon coach of the year honor for his efforts during the 2021–22 campaign.