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Vanderbilt's Jerry Stackhouse refutes online report connecting him to Detroit Pistons

On3-Social-Profile_GRAYby:On3 Staff Report•04/14/23
Jerry Stackhouse, Vanderbilt Commodores basketball coach
Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse reacts during a game in the SEC Tournament on March 10, 2023. (Carly Mackler / Getty Images)

Following an online report that Vanderbilt basketball coach Jerry Stackhouse is interested in the Detroit Pistons job opening, the Commodores coach has come out and strongly refuted any such notion.

Personally.

Responding to a fan that tagged him on Twitter and urged “please don’t leave us!” Stackhouse responded and poured a bucket of ice water on anyone thinking he’s leaving.

“Don’t listen to these (clowns),” Jerry Stackhouse wrote. “It’s beguilement in the highest form. They have NO ACCESS to me or (Vanderbilt basketball) so they choose to cater to the irrational and divisive 5.8% of Commodore Nation.”

Stackhouse attached the hashtags “BEUS,” “dontfallforit” and “sources” to the tweet.

After going 11-21 in his first season and 9-16 in his second season at Vanderbilt, Stackhouse has made some major progress in his last two seasons at the helm.

Vanderbilt finished with a 19-17 record in 2021-22, reaching the NIT quarterfinals in the process. In 2022-23, the Commodores improved to 22-15 with an 11-7 mark in conference play but narrowly missed the NCAA Tournament. Once again the team reached the NIT quarterfinals.

Following the season, Jerry Stackhouse was named the 2023 SEC Coach of the Year.

Stackhouse, of course, began his coaching career in the NBA after a lengthy playing career in the league.

He was first an assistant for the Toronto Raptors from 2015-16, then coached the Raptors 905, a Canadian NBA G League team, from 2016-18. He spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies before taking the Vanderbilt job.

The current Vanderbilt coach had a long and illustrious career as a player, too.

He was a two-time first-team Parade All-American out of high school and was named the McDonald’s All-American Game MVP in 1993. He was an ACC All-Freshman selection in 1994, while also being named the ACC Tournament MVP in 1994. A year later he was named a first-team All-ACC selection.

Jerry Stackhouse was taken by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1995 NBA Draft with the No. 3 overall pick, and he made the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1996.

He would go on to make the NBA All-Star team in 2000 and 2001. During his playing career, Stackhouse suited up for eight different teams.