Derrick Phelps is 'backbone' of Washington State basketball program

Posted Apr 9, 2019
The way new Washington State basketball coach Kyle Smith talks about his right-hand man at USF — associate head coach Derrick Phelps — you have to think Phelps’ decision to join Smith in Cougarville gives WSU a secret weapon. “He’s all about team,” Smith said of Phelps, who was a national champion point guard at UNC in the early 1990s under Dean Smith. (247 Sports)

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