In 1976, he also served as an assistant coach to Smith as the United States won the gold medal in men's basketball at the Summer Olympics in Montreal. (LogOut/ Note: Former University of North Carolina mens basketball coach Bill Guthridge passed away May 12. 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. 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 1993, he and his wife, Leesie, created the William W. and Elise P. Guthridge Library Fund, which helped with purchasing materials and renovation of the House Undergraduate Library. At Smith's retirement. He had recently been in an assisted living facility in Chapel Hill. 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. My guess is that Coach Guthridge probably never came back from that place after Coach Smiths death and I would speculate that Coach Smiths death may have been the final straw of an increasingly-unfamiliar and disconnected life for Coach Guthridge. 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. The fact that he felt like he failed us.. Smith, who attended Guthridges retirement announcement, called the day a celebration of a fantastic career. He said Friday he now knows how Smith felt in 1997 when he stepped down. Kansas chancellor Robert Hemenway said the school was privileged to have Williams. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He previously worked at The Charlotte Observer as a Carolina Panthers beat reporter, and his writing has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Boston Globe and The Baltimore Sun. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. He has a keen sense of which ones will be very good players and which ones may be overrated. Hed have been a lifer, Hanners says. The closest he came to leaving Chapel Hill was 1978, when he verbally accepted the head coaching job at Penn State. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? A Tar Heel passing him in the hallway might greet him with a quick head nod and a greeting of, Coach. Guthridge would invariably respond with a similar head nod and, Player.. In his 33 seasons at Carolina, the Tar Heels won two NCAA championships, in 1982 and 1993; played in 12 Final Fours; won the ACC Tournament championship 13 times; and played in the ACC Tournament championship game a total of 22 times. Well if hes got a five-year contract, you know hes gonna coach five years. As things went, by the end of the 1999-2000 season which concluded with a surprise Final Four run, Guthridges second trip in three seasons Smiths right-hand man was finally ready to step away himself. Unfortunately, it took UNC two tries to find that leader. It didnt bother me that I was a lousy coach, and when we started winning I was a better coach. That team still went 34-4, losing to Utah in the Final Four. That possibility isnt one Baddour had previously considered. Some fans criticized Guthridge last season when the Tar Heels went through a four-game losing streak in January and entered the post-season with 13 losses. 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 . In our prayers. 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. 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. Guthridge retired after the season, having spent the first 43 years of his adult life as a player, high school coach, and college coach. Guthridge also gave to the University away from basketball. Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Bill Guthridge, 77, died Tuesday from a heart condition. The school scheduled a news conference for 2:30 p.m. today. I didnt really have to focus too much on a Plan B, Baddour says. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Former University of North Carolina head coach Bill Guthridge, who also served 30 years as an assistant to Dean Smith, died Tuesday night at age 77, university officials confirmed on Wednesday. In retrospect, Smiths premature exit was a mistake on all fronts. 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. Bill Guthridge, who made his college basketball reputation as Dean Smith's trusted right-hand man then took Carolina to two Final Fours in three years as head coach after his mentor retired has died after a long illness. 33 yrs on UNC bench. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Guthridge had ample opportunities to leave Chapel Hill and become the head coach of his own program. One of the things that made (Smith) so special was his ability to be innovative so certainly, I think we would have had some other ways to attack in a game that we struggled, against Utah in the Final Four.. Smith wanted longtime assistant Bill Guthridge (age 60 at the time) to be a head coach and enjoy the competitive and financial rewards of the job. Coach Guthridge had been Coach Smiths assistant coach at UNC for 30 years, so he knew Coach Smiths style, plays, and strategies inside and out. Guthridge said a few weeks ago he planned to stay another five or six years despite intense criticism from fans and alumni after the teams worst regular-season record in decades. I tell people that Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge are my light-skinned fathers, said Antawn Jamison, who was the National Player of the Year for the 1998 team that Guthridge guided to the Final Four. He never called me at home, unless it was something dire, Hanners says, but he said, How would you feel about meeting me in the office early on Monday at 7 to go over some things before everyone gets there? Hanners obliged, trying to ease Guthridges feeling that he was somewhat out of touch. He was even more important to me. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.. Go play golf. Guthridge became head coach after Smith retired in 1997 and coached the team for three seasons.UNC coach Roy Williams called Guthridge a key . That not-wanting-to-step-on-toes thing? Guthridge coached North Carolina to the Final Four in his first season before losing to Utah. He once told a newspaper he never left the program because the other 300 Division I head coaching jobs werent better than his job as an assistant. "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. Both played college ball in that state -- Smith at Kansas, Guthridge at Kansas State -- and coached at their alma maters before coming to North Carolina. 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. Bill Guthridge was consistently portrayed as a quiet gentleman. He will certainly be remembered for what he did as opposed to what else he might have done. End of conversation.. Guthridge coached that team to the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship, a school record-tying 34 wins (including 30 wins going into the NCAA Tournament the most in school history at the time) and an appearance in the Final Four, where they lost to Utah. 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. I needed Bill to tell me, Dick, yes, I want to do this, Baddour says, and he was clear that he wanted to.. Dean Smith unexpectedly retired as head basketball coach at North Carolina just two months before the start of the 1997-98 season, and Guthridge was immediately named his successor. That's exactly what they did. 33 yrs on UNC bench. Even 22 years after turning down the Nittany Lions, Guthridge still couldnt quite bear to leave. You will be missed. Without question, every opportunity that I would have to hire Roy Williams. Did Bill Guthridge win national championship? He was my friend, a father figure, a big brother for me just like he was for so many players," current UNC coach Roy Williams said. "Mak said he gets this call from his mom: 'Mak, there's this man here in Africa, says he's your coach,' ". "When Coach Smith announced he was retiring and that Coach Guthridge was taking over, then it all clicked into place for me," Hanners says. The Tar Heels lost to Florida in last seasons Final Four. Its hard, man. The Parsons, Kan., native posted an 80-28 record in three seasons as Carolinas head coach, leading the 1998 and 2000 teams to the Final Four. But if Williams had declined the opportunity, as he initially did a year prior? The guys worked hard and didnt lose confidence, Guthridge said after the season. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. As good a person as I ever met. "All I can say is I'm pursuing other opportunities," Davis said. (LogOut/ One of the best testaments to Guthridges impact came on that retirement day, June 30. 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. We easily could have won the championship, man, Ndiaye says. He won more games than any college head coach in history after just two seasons and tied N.C. States Everett Case for most coaching victories after three years. Dean Smiths hourglass, it seemed, had an endless amount of sand. I really believe thats exactly what happened.. Matt Doherty, who succeeded Guthridge as Tar Heels coach and served in that capacity for three seasons, tweeted his condolences Wednesday. Although four years further down the line, theres skepticism Guthridge, at the age of 64 or 65, would still have been interested in taking a crack. And I think he probably had second thoughts, because at what point was it really a danger? He played or coached in 14 Final Fours, more than any person in NCAA history. The inconsistent season came on the heels of a first-round NCAA Tournament loss in 1999. He was 77 years old. That said, its worth remembering that he told Williams just a few years ago that perhaps 66 was too early to retire, given his near flawless health at the time. But I already had a better job than that and I was happy here. His desire to be a coach I dont think ever stopped, Hanners said. Calhoun, elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, is . Doherty was criticized from the moment he was hired, for breaking somewhat from Smith and Guthridges family dynamic; that scrutiny only intensified in his second season, when UNC bottomed out to a program-worst record of 8-20. He was inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. But theres also the fact that Dean did it his way, which was entirely predictable. 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. But more than just that team, Smith left behind a mound of questions. Then he retired, too. Assistant coach Phil Ford is at right. I want to spend the weekend thinking about it. The emotion was there, its just that it was often Guthridge providing it. Seeded eighth in the South region, North Carolina upset top-seeded Stanford in the second round and continued to the Final Four, where they lost to Florida. Then Guthridges voice wavered as he began to apologize I feel like its my fault. Why bring those up? He led his first team to the 1998 Final Four and had two players, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison, selected in the top five . But it was all as a team, no one mans fault or wrongdoing for the groups shortcoming. Hanners, one of Fords close friends to this day, recalls the natural coaching instincts Ford had when the two oversaw the JV team. Guthridge, who like Smith was a. And then Bill can decide along the way what he wants to do.. In that July or August period, when Coach Smith basically told Coach Guthridge for the very last time in his life, Im not ready, Im not gonna do it again, then I think Coach Guthridge told him at that point that hed really like to try, Hanners says. Hed have retired with a championship trophy, and then let someone else step right in, Ndiaye says. 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. Really, a championship or not is the only major differentiator between Smith and Guthridge. At the time, their run of 172 consecutive weeks in the AP Poll was the second-longest in college basketball history. The first is, if Guthridge hadnt wanted the job, would Williams have taken it? Had it worked out where there wasnt a down year or whatever, maybe things end up differently, Frederick says. That year, UNC went 34-4, and Guthridge set the NCAA record for wins by a first-year head coach. Student-run Chapel Thrill Escapes brings its newest escape room to life Rameses in Wonderland continuing to provide an outlet for student creativity, entrepreneurship and collaboration on Carolina's campus. 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. However, it was Coach Guthridges incurable heart condition that led to his development of vascular dementia, and with its progression, his placement for the last several years in a Chapel Hill assisted living facility. 3 "The End of Absence" Michael Harris. 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When it was his turn as head coach, he immediately won an ACC championship and took two teams to the Final Four. 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. He was a lifetime assistant coach for whom Dean did a solid. Ill really miss this next years team and what those guys have done for me, said Guthridge, whose team last season reached the Final Four before being eliminated in the semifinals. Guthridge was the head coach of the Tar Heels for three seasons following Dean Smith's retirement in 1997. Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun announced his retirement Thursday. When Roy Williams declined the opportunity to be Carolinas head coach in 2000, he had to mend more hurt feelings with Guthridge than with Smith. Current coach Roy Williams referenced Smith's death, which occurred on Feb. 7 of this year, when commenting onGuthridge, via Andrew Carter of theCharlotte Observer: Here's Roy. It left at 1:57 p.m. His reasoning? I really liked the attitude of the team, the way they worked hard and how they were rewarded finally. The University is currently operating under normal conditions. Sad news. Lets say youve got a 35-year-old guy. Bill Guthridge was consistently portrayed as a quiet gentleman. He was on the sidelines for a record 73 NCAA Tournament victories, including 71 at Carolina and two at Kansas State. On Oct. 9, 1997, Smith called it quits. That was quelled, but the chancellor had another thought: To the chancellor and many fans Williams was the obvious choice to succeed Smith. Following his stint at Kansas State, Guthridge moved to North Carolina to join the staff of fellow Kansas native Dean Smith. Heck, he might still be the coach at North Carolina. I would lean a little bit toward the side of Bill saying, Look, Im not on the front end of my career, its great to have done this, what a way to go out, Baddour says. Peterson -- who roomed with Jordan on those early 1980s teams -- said Guthridge kept the program going off the court, with the assistant making him run the school's golf course at 6 a.m. as punishment for once being late. 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/ But Guthridges request also made Hanners realize that plan might not come to fruition. That team reached the Final Four and almost reached the title game even though Jamison and Williams missed 22 field-goal attempts in a 65-59 semifinal loss to Utah. Smith and Guthridge had long maintained theyd retire together, the natural conclusion to a three-decade partnership in Chapel Hill. In his first year as head coach, he led the the team . Which put Baddour on the search for a long-term replacement for the first time. The perception of Smiths program might have been that it ran without emotion. 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. One of his most tempestuous relationships had been with guard Shammond Williams, who even walked off the court at Virginia on one occasion. He bought into everything. In that scenario, Williams never leaves Kansas and Ford probably never leaves North Carolina. And everything that happened, for better or worse, led the program to where it is today. If you previously used a social network to login to WRALSportsFan.com, click the Forgot your password link to reset your password. "I'm extremely saddened by the passing of Coach Guthridge, aka 'Coach Gut,' especially coming so close to the loss of Coach Smith," Jamison, who was national player of the year during Guthridge's first season as coach, said in a statement. Capital Financial - Learn how to secure lifetime retirement income. Guthridge didnt need the change, just wanted to know if he had it. In fact, most of that team reconvened in St. Louis in 2005 for Williams first championship game at North Carolina. If he had, then thats where the what-ifs really go wild. But in hindsight, Hanners says there were clues that everything might not have been like normal. The following year, with the program bordering on a mutiny, Doherty resigned. It has to be one of those., Williams talked Thursday night with Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick. Certainly, what a marvelous run of three years.. Ill just say this, says Dave Hanners, one of Smiths longtime assistants. The Blue Sky Scholars Program gives scholarship support to middle-income parents and students from North Carolina. He was a kind soul with a strong, competitive spirit. As a coach, he was stubbornly competitive. Thank you Coach Gut for the many lessons you taught us at UNC. Smith and Guthridge had long maintained they'd. The university made a huge misstep when it hired former UNC player, Matt Doherty, a young, untested coach in the league of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and a 180-degreechange from the coaching styles of Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge, as its head basketball coach in 2000, when Coach Guthridge retired. (Scott Sharpe/News & Observer), Standing Together With Our Black Community, Assistant Schall Named Head Volleyball Coach, After 33 Years, Volleyball Coach Sagula Retires, In Memoriam: Elizabeth B. Morgan (19302022). But Baddour explained to the chancellor that because of Williams respect for Guthridge, hed never have taken the job over his friend. The complaints turned to praise after the teams unlikely Final Four appearance. We certainly had no idea; he was still the smartest guy, could recall everything he was seeing.. Now Guthridge, 77, is enduring a similarly cruel fate . When Coach Smith died, Coach Guthridge knew that his friend was gone, but he quickly moved back to their time together when they were younger and dementia had not knocked on their doors yet. After graduating from Kansas State, he coached at Scott City High School in Kansas for two seasons before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach for Tex Winter from 19621967. It wasnt until Oct. 3, 1997 a Friday about a week before the first practice of the season that Baddour got an indication that Smith wouldnt return. Just like Smith, Guthridge found a way to impact his players beyond teaching them offensive and defensive principles. Only, given Guthridges age at the time (60) and the fact that hed always said hed retire when Smith did, Baddour wasnt totally sure Guthridge was interested. Had Smith made the logical move and coached on until his 70th birthday -- the route likely to be taken by Dukes Mike Krzyzewski (66) and Syracuses Jim Boeheim (68) -- he would have finished with at least 1,000 wins and possibly two more national titles. He always knew what he was doing.. 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. I talk to Coach Williams all the time, and I asked him, Whats the best advice Coach Smith ever gave you? And he said, Antawn, Coach Smith told me just coach til you cant coach anymore. The only thing he regretted was he felt like he stopped coaching too early.. College Basketball Coach. [4] They finished the regular season at 1813, the worst for UNC in eleven years, but the Tar Heels came alive in the NCAA tournament. Its not what gets remembered for the rest of your life, at least not at a place like North Carolina. When coach Smith retired in 1997, after a tenure of 36 season, Guthridge took over the job to begin a reign of great basketball playing at UNC. ", Roy: "I think that not only did he coach me on the freshman team he was another mentor. 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. Carolina Basketball confirmed the news on Twitter: Sad news. Born in Parsons, Kansas,[2] Guthridge attended Kansas State University in Manhattan, and graduated with a B.S. With Williams, it was the restoration of the family, three national championships and potentially many more years. He stayed (rather than leave for a head coaching job at another university) because he was enjoying what he was doing and why leave something you know is good for the unknown. How close did Raleigh come to getting an NFL team? At that point, Baddour turned to Matt Doherty, who had been the coach at Notre Dame for just one season. But when Guthridge retired, Williamsthen playing with the Seattle Sonicsmade the effort to find a commercial flight to Chapel . That first five minutes, you can have all the confidence in the world, but if you go down 23-8 or 13-4, you just put so much pressure on yourself. Guthridge said he took a vacation in Europe in May, hoping to recharge, but wasnt able to. The spring of 1997, it seemed, was no different. He had recently been in an assisted living facility in Chapel Hill. Thoughts, because at what point was it really a danger, its just it..., the natural conclusion to a three-decade partnership in Chapel Hill published, broadcast rewritten! 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