HoopDirt.com can confirm that Lee University will hire Bubba Smith as their new head basketball coach with the announcement coming tomorrow.  We listed Smith as one of the finalists for the job in our “dirt” earlier this week (Lee University Finalists).

Smith has spent the past eight seasons as the head coach at Sewanee where he led his team to a 20-8 record this past season. He came to Sewanee after spending eight years at Hampden-Sydney College, the last five as the head coach.

In Smith’s first season as a head coach, he became the only rookie coach to ever lead his team to a No. 1 national ranking, ODAC championship, and NCAA tournament appearance with a 25-5 record. Overall, Smith’s 94 wins are the most ever for a Hampden-Sydney basketball coach through his first five seasons.

More on this tomorrow once it becomes official.