University of Memphis Tiger Basketball Coach, Josh Pastner

On April 6, 2009, Josh Pastner took over the head coaching job that was vacated by John Calipari, who accepted the head coaching position of University of Kentucky at the ripe age of 31 years old on Apr. 7, 2009.  As the third youngest head coach in NCAA Division I, Josh Pastner had a resume full, of experience beyond his years.

Assisiting in coaching players such as Jason Terry, Channing Frye, Jarryd Bayless, Andre Iguodala, Richard Jefferson, Michael Dickerson and Mike Bibby from his time at Arizona, and adding to that, Emeka Okafor, T.J. Ford and Daniel Gibson when he coached the Houston Hoops summer squad, Josh Pastner has  seen and coached mant talented players who went on to play professional basketball.  Pastner additionally helped coach two more players on the NBA Draft lottery list when Arizona's Jordan Hill and Memphis' Tyreke Evans were selected in the top 13 of the 2009 NBA Draft.

Pastner's NBA Draft Picks
Memphis	Tyreke Evans
	Robert Dozier
Arizona	Chase Budinger
	Jordan Hill
	Jerryd Bayless
	Marcus Williams
	Hassan Adams
	Salim Stoudemire
	Channing Frye
	Andre Iguodala
	Luke Walton
	Gilbert Arenas
	Richard Jefferson
	A.J. Bramlett
	Jason Terry
	Miles Simon
	Michael Dickerson
	Mike Bibby
Houston Hoops	Daniel Gibson
(AAU)	Emeka Okafor
	T.J. Ford
	Rashard Lewis
	Stephen Jackson

Pastner additionally won an NCAA title as a player at Arizona in 1997 and additionally was on the staff at Kentucky in 2001 that made it to the NCAA championship game. Josh was Hall of Famer, Lute Olsen's assistant coach since 2003 for six years at Arizona, and John Calipari's assistant coach for one year at Memphis.

Josh Pastner's teams advanced to 4 NCAA Sweet Sixteens and two Elite Eights, and further has participated in the NCAA Tournament all 13 years he has been involved in college basketball as a player, staff member or assistant coach.

As of April 6, 2009, Pastner became the 17th head coach in the history of Memphis basketball.  Pastner  reportedly earns $4.4 million over five years. His recruits from the 2010 high school class were ranked as one of the best recruiting classes in the nation.  Pastner was named Sporting News C-USA Coach of the Year for the 2009–10 season, with 24 wins his first season, taking the Tigers to the second round of the NIT tornament.