Wake Forest turns to ETSU’s Forbes as men’s basketball coach

Wake Forest has hired East Tennessee State’s Steve Forbes as its men’s basketball coach. Forbes, 55, is coming off a five-year run with ETSU that ended with a 30-win season and the Southern Conference Tournament championship before the NCAA Tournament was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Leaving ETSU was not an easy decision for me and for my family,� Forbes said in a statement issued by Wake Forest.