Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes has a vacancy to fill on his staff. Barnes’ longtime assistant Rob Lanier is the new head coach at Georgia State.

Lanier has been with Barnes for the last 10 years including the last four in Knoxville as Barnes’ associate head coach. During that span, Lanier helped the Vols reach the NCAA tournament twice and a share of the SEC's regular season title. This season, Lanier and the Vols won 31 games before losing to Purdue in overtime 99-94 in the Sweet Sixteen.

This will be Lanier’s second stint as a head coach. Lanier spent four years as the head coach at Siena from 2001-05. During that span, the Saints posted a 58-70 mark and advanced to one NCAA Tournament and one NIT.