Georgia Tech is finalising a deal to hire Troy coach Scott Cross as its next head coach, pending board approval. Cross, who led Troy to back-to-back NCAA tournaments and two Sun Belt regular-season championships, has won 350 career Division I games over 19 seasons as a head coach at UT Arlington and Troy. He will replace Damon Stoudamire, who was fired after failing to reach the NCAA tournament in all three of his seasons as head coach. The hire marks one of the first major additions for first-year athletic director Ryan Alpert, who came to Georgia Tech from Tennessee in July.