Bill Guthridge
Guthridge in 2013
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 27, 1937 Parsons, Kansas |
| Died | May 12, 2015 (aged 77) Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1957–1960 | Kansas State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1962–1967 | Kansas State (assistant) |
| 1967–1997 | North Carolina (assistant) |
| 1997–2000 | North Carolina |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 80–28 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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ACC Tournament champion (1998) 2× Final Four (1998, 2000) |
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| Awards | |
| Naismith College Coach of the Year (1998) | |
William Wallace "Bill" Guthridge (July 27, 1937 – May 12, 2015) was an American college basketball coach. Guthridge initially gained recognition after serving for 30 years as Dean Smith's assistant at the University of North Carolina. Following Dean Smith's retirement in 1997, Guthridge served as head coach of the Tar Heels for three seasons. He took the team to the NCAA Final Four twice in his three seasons and was named national coach of the year in 1998, before retiring in 2000.
Guthridge was born in Parsons, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University, and graduated with a B.S. in Mathematics in 1960 and an M.A. in Education in 1963. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. While a student at Kansas State, Guthridge played guard under head coach Fred "Tex" Winter, and helped the team advance to the 1958 Final Four. 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 1962-1967. In five years on Winter's staff, Guthridge helped lead the Wildcats to a 93-43 record, a pair of Big Eight Conference crowns and the 1964 NCAA Final Four. He also was head golf coach for the Wildcats.
Following his stint at Kansas State, from 1967-1997 Guthridge was an assistant at the University of North Carolina under head coach Dean Smith, a fellow Kansas native. From 1972 onward, he was Smith's top assistant. 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.
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