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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 374
By Camper
HJR0374
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A RESOLUTION to honor Penny Hardaway upon being selected
as the American Athletic Conference's 2024-
2025 Coach of the Year.
WHEREAS, it is fitting that the members of this General Assembly should pause to pay
tribute to those excellent coaches who have led their players to success in athletic competition
and in life; and
WHEREAS, Coach Penny Hardaway has established himself as the head basketball
coach at the University of Memphis and guided the Tigers to unprecedented heights of
achievement; and
WHEREAS, Penny Hardaway was named the American Athletic Conference's 2024-
2025 Coach of the Year by his peers in recognition of his devoted instruction and success as
the head basketball coach at the University of Memphis; and
WHEREAS, Coach Hardaway led the Tigers to a 26-5 overall record and 16-2 mark in
conference play on the way to Memphis's first regular season championship in the American
Athletic Conference; and
WHEREAS, Penny Hardaway has distinguished himself as a great coach, tactician, and
motivator of young athletes, and this native Tennessean should be appropriately recognized;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we honor and congratulate Penny Hardaway upon being named the
American Athletic Conference's 2024-2025 Coach of the Year and extend to him our best
wishes for much continued success both on and off the court.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.