<Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Olympic Games </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1996 Atlanta </Td> <Td> Team competition </Td> </Tr> <P> Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He currently is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers . An exceptionally tall point guard, Hardaway was often compared to Magic Johnson . An all - star in his first few seasons, Hardaway was most productive in his years with the Orlando Magic, and his early years with the Phoenix Suns . Injuries began to plague him, however, and diminished his effectiveness . He played for the New York Knicks from 2004 to 2006, and last for the Miami Heat, which released him on December 12, 2007 . </P> <P> Hardaway is the son of Fae Hardaway (born 1951) and Eddie Golden . The name Anfernee (/ ˈænfərniː /) was that of a schoolmate of his mother . When she left Memphis to work in Oakland in 1974, she left her son with her mother Louise . His nickname came as a result of his grandmother's calling him "Pretty" with a southern drawl, thus sounding like "Penny". Hardaway's first love was football but his grandmother did not want him to get hurt . He grew up in the Binghampton neighborhood of shotgun houses in Memphis, Tennessee . As a teenager Hardaway refereed youth sports at the Memphis YMCA and played on the Memphis Y.M.C.A. Jr . Olympic basketball team . </P>

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