Alabama men’s basketball assistant coach Antoine Pettway is meeting Thursday with Kennesaw State about their head-coaching vacancy, Stadium’s Jeff Goodman reported.

Pettway’s name had circulated as a candidate at Kennesaw State in recent days. Former Owls coach Amir Abdur-Rahim left to become South Florida’s coach in late March.

Pettway was originally a walk-on basketball player at Alabama in 2000 who earned an athletic scholarship and started every game on the Tide’s 2003-04 team that made the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament.

The Alberta, Alabama native briefly played professional basketball and coached at Jacksonville State before joining Alabama’s staff in 2008 under Mark Gottfried. He then served on Anthony Grant and Avery Johnson’s staffs before being retained by Nate Oats in 2019.

Pettway has spent the past four seasons as one of Oats’ three assistants, along with Charlie Henry and Bryan Hodgson. The two others have left for head-coaching jobs this offseason, with Henry hired by Georgia Southern and Hodgson by Arkansas State. Oats has not officially filled either vacancy.

Kennesaw State made the Division I NCAA tournament for the first time this year, losing as a No. 14 seed to No. 3 seed Xavier. They won the Atlantic Sun regular season and conference tournament, and will play one more season in the league before moving to Conference USA in 2024.

Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak.