NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State has hired Illinois State assistant Dana Ford as its men's basketball coach.
Ford succeeds Travis Williams, who was fired last month after going 23-40 in two seasons. Tennessee State went 5-25 this season.
Tennessee State said in a statement Monday that Ford would be introduced at a news conference later in the day.
Ford worked at Tennessee State from 2009-11 as an assistant under former coach John Cooper. Williams became coach in 2012 after Cooper left for Miami (Ohio).
Ford spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant at Wichita State and has been at Illinois State his last two seasons. Ford played at Illinois State from 2002-06.
