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Hall of Fame hoops coach Charles 'Lefty' Driesell dies at 92
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell, who won 786 games while leading four different Division I schools to 100 victories, died Saturday morning. He was 92. Driesell coached Division I basketball for 41 seasons -- at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State-- and when he retired in 2003, only Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith had won more games. He reached the NCAA tournament at all four schools and took Maryland and Davidson to the Elite Eight twice each.
He was recruited to coach Maryland in 1969, and although the school had been to the NCAA tournament only once in 46 years, he made the bold promise on his arrival that he would turn the school into the "UCLA of the East." Driesell never won an NCAA title at Maryland, but he led the Terrapins to a 348-159 record, eight NCAA tournament appearances, an NIT championship, two ACC regular-season titles and one ACC tournament crown.