By Zach Koons He had been away from the program as a result of COVID-19. View the original article to see embedded media. Tubby Smith announced that he is stepping down as the men‘s basketball coach at High Point on Wednesday, according to an official press release from the school. G.G. Smith, Tubby‘s son and Panthers‘ current associate head coach will take over for the remainder of the 2021–22 and the 2022–2023 season. According to the school’s announcement, Smith felt that it was the right time to step away from basketball after he contracted COVID-19 for a second time in less than year. As …