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Message: [QUOTE="Drew, post: 2735103, member: 3723"] [URL="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/basketball/2018/05/29/sam-mitchell-meet-penny-hardaway-wednesday-assistant-coach-job-memphis/651895002/"]Sam Mitchell to meet with Penny Hardaway, expects to finalize deal as Memphis assistant coach[/URL] [I]Former NBA coach [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/college/memphis-tigers/basketball/2018/05/23/penny-hardaway-sam-mitchell-top-candidate-final-memphis-assistant-coach-position/638365002/']Sam Mitchell [/URL]had his children over for lunch at his Atlanta area home Tuesday afternoon and joked it was so they could "ask dad for a few more bucks before I leave.” But they all knew this was a chance to say goodbye. Not forever, but for now. Mitchell was about to pack up "a bunch of clothes and a majority of my things" and make the 400-mile trip to Memphis for a new job. "They understand and they're excited about it," Mitchell said in a telephone interview. "I'm excited to start a new chapter in my life and do something different." Mitchell confirmed he is scheduled to meet with Memphis men's basketball coach [URL='https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/geoff-calkins/2018/04/27/penny-hardaway-mania-over-top-and-thats-good-thing-calkins/558912002/']Penny Hardaway[/URL] on Wednesday and expects to finalize his position as an assistant coach on Hardaway's initial coaching staff at that time. [/I] [/QUOTE]