2. Their Young Head Coach Has Been Highly Successful
Josh Pastner is doing everything he can to take this Georgia Tech basketball program to another level. While they aren’t seen as one of the ACC’s elite teams, they do have one great basketball coach.
Take a look at Pastner’s bio, according Georgia Tech’s official athletics website:
"Josh Pastner, who guided Memphis to five post-season berths in seven seasons as the Tigers’ head coach, was introduced as Georgia Tech’s 14th head basketball coach on April 8, 2016. Pastner, 39, compiled a 167-73 record over seven seasons as the head coach at Memphis, where the Tigers earned bids to the NCAA Tournament four times. He is tied for the 10th most wins for a head coach in his first seven seasons in Division I basketball history, and is the second winningest active coach under the age of 40 in NCAA Division I. He becomes the 14th head coach in Tech’s program history."