Following the 199798 season, several organizations named him National Coach of the Year and he received the Naismith College Coach of the Year award. But looking back, Hanners now believes Guthridge already had an inclination something was afoot. Guthridge also took a less talented team to the Final Four in 2000. As an assistant, Guthridge was renowned for his success in coaching the fundamentals of pivot play to a long series of successful UNC big men, and as the Tar Heels' primary shooting coach. "From cultivating a global mindset across campus to partnering with researchers across the world, we make connections that strengthen our state and establish Carolina as a leading global public research university.". Now Guthridge, 77, is enduring a similarly cruel fate . He, like Coach Smith, was more of a mentor and father figure than anything else. If you previously used a social network to login to WRALSportsFan.com, click the Forgot your password link to reset your password. Bill Guthridge was consistently portrayed as a quiet gentleman. He was no different from Coach Smith or Coach Guthridge. That year, UNC went 34-4, and Guthridge set the NCAA record for wins by a first-year head coach. Guthridge became head coach after Smith retired in 1997 and coached the team for three seasons.UNC coach Roy Williams called Guthridge a key . in mathematics in 1960 and an M.A. I didnt really have to focus too much on a Plan B, Baddour says. When Lefty Driesell declined to shake Smiths hand in the mid-1980s, it was Guthridge who was incensedand had to be prevented from chasing down Driesellnot Smith. (LogOut/ Having grown up in North Carolina and gone to school here and worked here, I think it was probably just destiny.. The team performs dazzling spins and flips at campus events and even competes against other universities and jump rope clubs from around the country. But Guthridges request also made Hanners realize that plan might not come to fruition. WAKE FOREST: Former basketball standout Charlie Davis quit his job in the athletic department, reportedly for not being considered for advancement. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25, earned the ACC Coach of the Year award and guided North Carolina to the Final Four before losing to Utah. Had McAdoo returned, Smiths team would have been much better positioned to deal with David Thompsons stunning impact on NC State, the ACC and the nation. The school scheduled a news conference for 2:30 p.m. today. There is one final thing, though, that seems to be consensus, the one aspect of this entire hypothetical that no one can seem to get over: that the reason there are still enduring questions about what Smith could have accomplished in those extra four seasons is because those are the same questions Smith himself always carried. Division regular season champion If my answer was no, then Roy wouldve had absolutely zero interest. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season, Brown: There will never be another Bill Guthridge. Theres no right answer, no certainty. When Coach Smith announced he was retiring and that Coach Guthridge was taking over, then it all clicked into place for me, Hanners says. When he retired as head coach in 2000, he knew he wouldnt be able to get through telling his staff about his departure. The only people who came to know about that line of succession, so to speak, were Baddour, Smith, Guthridge and then-chancellor Michael Hooker, who expressed some concerns about Guthridges age early on. The Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program is one of the first research programs focused exclusively on addressing the gap in child and adolescent mental health services. He will certainly be remembered for what he did as opposed to what else he might have done. In 1998, Guthridge inherited a team that had been to the 1997 Final Four the previous year under Smith. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Not only did he coach me on the freshman team, he was my coach, another mentor, a friend, a father figure, a big brother for me just like he was for so many players. After 36 years as the coach at North Carolina, it kept trickling down, grain by grain. He had recently been in an assisted living facility in Chapel Hill. Our hope and fervent desire is that the best basketball coach in America will continue to practice his craft at KU, he said Thursday night. He would sneak into practices, hide way up in the rafters so as not to be seen. Copyright 2013 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. . But it is my opinion that he expected, when he first told me that, that he would continue to be the coach.. Its not fair, but thats just the way it is for assistant coaches, Smith said. Had it worked out where there wasnt a down year or whatever, maybe things end up differently, Frederick says. 33 yrs on UNC bench. Were the best North Carolina team that never won a championship. But Guthridge, who died Tuesday at 77 of heart failure, was not just one of the best college basketball coaches of all time, he was an unfailingly decent man who displayed a rare degree of. With the number of Americans residing in assisted living communities nearing 1 million and growing, CEAL@UNCs work will be vital for ensuring that older adults nationwide have access to quality and supportive care that enables them to age with dignity and respect. Thats impossible to know, but Williams was also returning a top-five team, one that was expected to compete for a championship in its own right. He set NCAA records for most wins by a first-year head coach with 34, and for wins in his first two years with 58. The protege was named Naismith College Coach of the Year in his first season as Smith's replacement. His calm demeanorhe could sometimes be found sitting in the stands an hour before road games eating popcorn or a hot dogmasked a passionate love for the Tar Heels. Certainly, what a marvelous run of three years.. After waiting an uncharacteristically long time to respond, he smiled and thanked me. That aspect of his character first surfaced in 1972, when the University of North Carolina basketball coach left Tar Heel fans bewildered by announcing that he wanted junior star forward Robert McAdoo to turn pro rather than return for the 1972-73 season. He led the program to a pair of Final Four appearances in three seasons at the helm before retiring following the 1999-2000 campaign. I think its time I make this decision. When did Bill Guthridge coach at UNC? Panthers add Parks Frazier as passing game coordinator, Duke finishes 16-0 at home after 71-67 win over N.C. 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How might everything be different? The University of North Carolina has lost a dear friend, as haveI, andIknow that we will all miss him greatly., Im extremely saddened by the passing of Coach Guthridge, aka Coach Gut, especially coming so close to the loss of Coach Smith. Making the Final Four is a tremendous accomplishment but its not what you chase. A source close to the basketball program, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Thursday that Guthridge recently decided he did not have the energy to continue coaching the Tar Heels. He said Friday he now knows how Smith felt in 1997 when he stepped down. After Dean Smith retired, Bill Guthridge took over for three years and at some point, we can't remember exactly which year, Boswell struck. When it was announced last week that Smith would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, I could not help but think back to that interview in 2000 while also thinking about what might have been. He has a keen sense of which ones will be very good players and which ones may be overrated. Bill was a great coach, but he never got enough credit during most of those years. He handed out handwritten notes instead. The picture most Tar Heel fans will have of him is sitting slightly behind Dean Smith, perhaps leaning over to make a point to the head coach. You will be missed. The flip side of reality offers another interesting scenario: What if Guthridge had led that group to a win over Utah, and then over Kentucky in the championship game. Suggestion to Return DismissedWhen Guthridge retired after leading his third team to another Final Four, I interviewed Smith about the amazingly long and successful partnership the two coaches -- Smith a Kansas grad and Guthridge from Kansas State -- had enjoyed. "Though he was a head coach for a short time, he gracefully carried on a culture and legacy that many thought could not be perpetuated.". He was like Coach Guthridge in that both of them loved and bled Carolina blue so much that they never wanted to leave the program.. Whats best for the players future has to come first, Smith said of the way he dealt with McAdoo, who became the second overall pick the in 72 NBA draft. Yeah, Id say that was more likely than unlikely., I wouldve gone to where I went two years later, he says. Neither Davis nor athletic director Ron Wellman would comment on his departure. 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And had Smith gone until age 71 or 72, as did Kentuckys Adolph Rupp, Carolina would have won another 50-60 games and the transition to Roy Williams might have happened seamlessly. He held a news conference in the bowels of the Dean Smith Center, where he announced his retirement from the game hed given his life to. He also was an assistant to Smith on the 1976 U.S. Olympic team that won the gold medal in Montreal. It didnt bother me that I was a lousy coach, and when we started winning I was a better coach. Once he asked a manager, whose arms were full of equipment, if he had change for a quarter. What burned just below that was a fierce competitor who might sometimes react more like a fan than you would expect. He joined Ohio States Fred Taylor as just the second man in history to lead teams to two Final Fours in his first three seasons as a head coach. After Coach Guthridges retirement in 2003, he and Coach Smith stayed in close contact, visiting each other frequently. Division regular season and conference tournament champion Kansas chancellor Robert Hemenway said the school was privileged to have Williams. He couldnt generate enough energy to get through all of that., Some background: In the years leading up to his retirement specifically every spring after the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament Smith expressed a sense of exhaustion to the people around him. But theres also the fact that Dean did it his way, which was entirely predictable. But if Smith was selfless in his handling of McAdoo, it was nothing compared to Smiths shocking retirement on Oct. 9, 1997. Revisionist history does offer some diverging paths, though. 3 "The End of Absence" Michael Harris. What if he hadnt retired when he did? Really, a championship or not is the only major differentiator between Smith and Guthridge. As good a person as I ever met. He competed in one as a player at Kansas State in 1958, was an assistant coach at 11 before directing the Tar Heels at two as head coach. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Theyd had their disagreements, yes. In other words, why Smith walked away at the exact moment he did. Former UNC Coach Bill Guthridge passed away last night at age 77 w/ family at his side. As he famously said at Smiths retirement news conference, I always thought we would ride off into the sun together.. If you played for him you loved him; working with him was a joy. Guthridge had once accepted Penn States head coaching vacancy in the 1970s, only to return to Chapel Hill before his connecting flight to State College. In his first year as head coach, he led the the team . Like his lifelong friend and mentor, Coach Dean Smith, he led by example instilling values of kindness, discipline and a strong work ethic. He bought into everything. In that scenario, Williams never leaves Kansas and Ford probably never leaves North Carolina. Ironically, both coaches developed dementia along the way (Coach Smith died in January 2015 of complications from dementia). Its another tremendous loss for our University, our basketball program and our entire community. Without question, every opportunity that I would have to hire Roy Williams. A tremendously loyal person with an ego that was seemingly non-existent. And I think he probably had second thoughts, because at what point was it really a danger? (LogOut/ The family told team spokesman Steve Kirschner that Guthridge died of heart failure and that the coach had lived with a heart condition the past seven years. Perhaps, at last, somewhere in his mind, Coach Guthridge finally made the decision it was time for him to retire from this physical life. "All I can say is I'm pursuing other opportunities," Davis said. In five years on Winter's staff, Guthridge helped lead the Wildcats to a 9343 (.684) record, a pair of Big Eight Conference crowns, and the NCAA Final Four in 1964. It was an admirable, honorable action for Smith to take and Guthridge went on to win 80 games in three seasons. Ford whispered for Hanners to try running 21 defense really sagging off defenders, even inside the 3-point line. If he had, then thats where the what-ifs really go wild. Because that was supposed to be something that we accomplished together.. Capital Financial - Learn how to secure lifetime retirement income. At the time, their run of 172 consecutive weeks in the AP Poll was the second-longest in college basketball history. "This is a tremendous loss for our basketball program and entire community.". He was 77 years old, Former UNC basketball coach Bill Guthridge passes away at age 77, UNC School of Social Work becomes new home for CEAL@UNC, expand work to advance assisted living. The family told team spokesman Steve Kirschner that Guthridge died of heart failure and that the coach had lived with a heart condition the past seven years. He formed a successful partnership with Dean Smith that lasted three decades until Smith retired in 1997. But obviously, the better head coach -- one of four or so best head coaches of all time in his sport -- and the decision to retire was seriously flawed by emotion. Coach Smith always had a plan. 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He directed UNC to the 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and was named the ACC Coach of the Year. For more than three decades, Coach Guthridge served this University he loved so much with a deep commitment to academic and athletic excellence. He led his first team to the 1998 Final Four and had two players, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison, selected in the top five picks of the NBA draft. His loss is deeply felt by our university and the basketball world. But theres another alternate history with extreme on-court implications that might have forced his hand. And as an assistant for Smith for nine seasons, he had both a championship pedigree and a deep understanding of how the program operated. Though he was a head coach for a short time, he gracefully carried on a culture and legacy that many thought could not be perpetuated. He had interviewed for the Texas job, which went to Rick Barnes, after the 1998 season, after all. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In his tenure at UNC, Guthridge coached five National Players of the Year, six ACC Players of the Year, five ACC Rookies of the Year and 28 first-team All-ACC players. Which 16 teams should you buy or fade ahead of March Madness? The emotion was there, its just that it was often Guthridge providing it. As they were chatting, Guthridge, who died in 2015, grabbed Ndiayes arm. The Tar Heels then went 24-10 in 1998-99 but were upset by Weber State in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In our prayers. Born William Wallace Guthridge, he attended Kansas State University where he played guard on the basketball team and helped the Wildcats. That's exactly what they did. He led his first team to the 1998 Final Four and had two players, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison, selected in the top five . In fact, Guthridge has been involved with 13 teams which have reached the Final Four-as a player at Kansas State in 1958, as an assistant coach with the Wildcats in 1964, as a Tar Heel assistant coach in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997, and as UNC's head coach in 1998.. Did Musselman coach in the NBA? He was 77. The Tar Heels finished first or tied for first in the ACC regular season 16 times, finished second or tied for second in the ACC regular season 11 times and finished third or tied for third in the ACC regular season six times. He was on the sidelines for a record 73 NCAA Tournament victories, including 71 at Carolina and two at Kansas State. The Kansas native took over the role of head coach following Smith's departure. Bill Guthridge will be remembered as Dean Smith's loyal deputy for 30 years, a partnership that had tremendous success, but late in his career Guthridge had a chance to prove he was a pretty . He is one of five people to have appeared in the Final Four as both a player and coach. He is probably best remembered for his loyalty to Smith, who died in February at age 83. Lets play out the most interesting of the hypotheticals: if Dean Smith does return for the 1997-1998 season, with an absolutely jam-packed roster. "This is another terrible loss for the Carolina basketball family," former North Carolina player and current Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan said in a statement to The Associated Press. #RIP. North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour has refused to comment directly on Guthridge's contract, saying the school's board of trustees discourages him from talking publicly about such personnel issues. Dean Smiths hourglass, it seemed, had an endless amount of sand. Bill Guthridge was consistently portrayed as a quiet gentleman. 2023 Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. 08/08: Dean Smith to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, 06/29/2011: Smith, Coach K, Yow honored by Naismith, 10/21/2008: UNC's Smith to receive Lapchick Character Award, 02/18/2008: ACC To Honor Dean Smith, Lorenzo Charles, other Greats, Bio Jobs Hub: Find a great-paying job that changes lives, even yours. Matt Doherty, who succeeded Guthridge as Tar Heels coach and served in that capacity for three seasons, tweeted his condolences Wednesday. What Smith left behind was arguably the most talented team hed ever assembled: a pair of future NBA All-Stars, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison; the programs all-time assists leader, point guard Ed Cota; a lights-out shooter, Shammond Williams; a frontcourt enforcer, Makhtar Ndiaye; and much more. Of course, its not like UNC had a bad season in Guthridges first year. That image of Guthridge is accurate but not complete. 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