South Carolina and Chattanooga coach Lamont Paris have finalized a five-year deal to make him the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Monday.
The deal still requires the formality of board approval later this week.
Paris has been at Chattanooga for five seasons, going 87-72 over that span. After struggling for two seasons in 2018 and 2019, Paris has gone 65-29 over the last three seasons. This season, the Mocs went 27-8, won the Southern Conference regular-season title and the SoCon conference tournament title.
In the first round of the NCAA tournament, Chattanooga led 4-seed Illinois until the final minute before falling by one point, 54-53.
Prior to taking over at Chattanooga, Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin for seven seasons – giving him experience recruiting at the high-major level. He also spent time as an assistant at Akron and a trio of non-D1 schools: IUP, DePauw and Wooster, where he played his college ball.
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