Men's Basketball
Goodson, Steven "Zo"
Steven "Zo" Goodson
- Title:
- Director of Operations
- Phone:
- 901-678-2346
Goodson, Memphis' new Director of Operations, has worked with Tubby since he was a student-manager at Kentucky from 2001-05.
At Texas Tech, Goodson was the Director of Operations, where he was involved with all facets of the Texas Tech program. He spent the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons as the assistant director of operations and director of player development. His role saw him be in charge of player personnel and player development. He also coordinated team travel, and served as the program's liaison to various areas within the athletics department.
He organized the team's 2015 foreign tour to Canada, where the Red Raiders played four games during a five-day stretch with stops in Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa.
He arrived in Lubbock after he served as the special assistant to the head coach for six seasons on Tubby Smith's staff at Minnesota. He was also the graduate assistant to Coach Smith at Kentucky in 2006-07 where he oversaw all aspects of video production and assisted with the operation of the Tubby Smith Basketball Camps.
Goodson was a student manager at Kentucky from 2001-05, and also worked as a floor coach for the Tubby Smith Basketball Camps. He gained additional experience as an operations intern for USA Basketball each summer from 2002-06 and assisted the Team USA coaching staff that won the gold medal in Turkey at the 2005 World University Games.
He graduated with a degree in communications from Kentucky in 2005. He is married to the former Kelly Gerleve of Maple Grove, Minnesota.
ZO GOODSON COACHING HISTORY
At Texas Tech, Goodson was the Director of Operations, where he was involved with all facets of the Texas Tech program. He spent the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons as the assistant director of operations and director of player development. His role saw him be in charge of player personnel and player development. He also coordinated team travel, and served as the program's liaison to various areas within the athletics department.
He organized the team's 2015 foreign tour to Canada, where the Red Raiders played four games during a five-day stretch with stops in Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa.
He arrived in Lubbock after he served as the special assistant to the head coach for six seasons on Tubby Smith's staff at Minnesota. He was also the graduate assistant to Coach Smith at Kentucky in 2006-07 where he oversaw all aspects of video production and assisted with the operation of the Tubby Smith Basketball Camps.
Goodson was a student manager at Kentucky from 2001-05, and also worked as a floor coach for the Tubby Smith Basketball Camps. He gained additional experience as an operations intern for USA Basketball each summer from 2002-06 and assisted the Team USA coaching staff that won the gold medal in Turkey at the 2005 World University Games.
He graduated with a degree in communications from Kentucky in 2005. He is married to the former Kelly Gerleve of Maple Grove, Minnesota.
ZO GOODSON COACHING HISTORY
| 2001-05 | Kentucky (manager and camps floor coach) |
| 2002-06 | Team USA (operations intern) |
| 2006-07 | Kentucky (graduate assistant) |
| 2007-13 | Minnesota (special assistant) |
| 2013-16 | Texas Tech (director of basketball operations) |
| 2016-pres. | Memphis (director of basketball operations) |
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