Athletic Director Doug Dickey says Tennessee basketball...
Athletic Director Doug Dickey says Tennessee basketball Coach Wade Houston, who broke racial barriers when he was named as the school’s first black head coach, will not be offered a membership in an all-white country club.
The UT athletic department provided $15,000 memberships to the exclusive Cherokee Country Club to Houston’s predecessors, Ray Mears and Don DeVoe. Football Coach Johnny Majors and Dickey also are members.
Dickey and Houston discussed the matter before he was hired last week, Dickey said. Houston said he has no intention of fighting the decision.
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