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Former Tennessee assistant to face Lady Vols basketball in season opener
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No. 9 Tennessee will open its 2025-26 basketball season versus No. 8 North Carolina State on Tuesday in the Ro Greensboro Invitational .
Tipoff between the Lady Vols and Wolfpack is slated for 4 p.m. EST at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Houston Fancher serves as an assistant coach and director of operations for North Carolina State under head coach Wes Moore. Fancher previously worked at Tennessee under head coaches Bruce Pearl and Cuonzo Martin from 2009-13.
Fancher began his coaching career as an assistant at Maryville College from 1988-92. He was then head coach at North Greenville from 1992-95.
Fancher also served as an assistant at Vanderbilt (1995-96), Appalachian State (1996-2000), UNC Wilmington (2013-14) and Charlotte (2015-17).
He was head coach at Appalachian State (2000-09) and served as an interim head coach for Charlotte from 2017-18. Fancher won three Southern Conference regular-season championships (2003, 2007-08) and was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2003.
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