Freed-Hardeman’s Drew Stutts and Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht were voted the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Men’s Basketball Coach and Player of the Year, respectively, for the 2023-24 season, as announced this week by the organization.
Stutts led the Lions to the school’s first men’s basketball national championship in his fifth year at the helm of the program. FHU posted a 32-4 mark during the season, winning the Mid-South Conference regular season (co-champions) and tournament titles. In the NAIA National Tournament, the Lions won home games in the first two rounds before recording four victories by a combined 19 points en route to the championship.
