The Nate Oats coaching tree is set to add another branch. Alabama men’s basketball assistant coach Ryan Pannone is expected to be hired as the next head coach of Arkansas State, sources with knowledge of the situation told AL.

Arkansas State is expected to hire Alabama's Ryan Pannone, an assistant coach who helped lead the Crimson Tide to an Elite Eight appearance Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey, as its next head coach,

Ryan Pannone—an assistant under Alabama coach Nate Oats for the last two seasons—is expected to become the next coach of Arkansas State, according to a Saturday afternoon repo