Overview
- Troy is finalizing a deal to make NC State assistant Adam Howard its next men's basketball coach, according to ESPN.
- The university has not announced the hire, and the agreement remains in progress.
- He would replace Scott Cross, who left the Trojans to become Georgia Tech's head coach.
- If completed, the role would be Howard's first head-coaching job at the college level.
- Troy enters the transition after back-to-back NCAA tournament bids and five straight 20-win seasons.