He was an unbelievable assistant to Coach Smith. He tried to do every one of those little things that drove Coach Smith crazy. Guthridge went 80-28 from 1997 to 2000 before retiring in June 2000. But it was as if the whole contraption was tilted, resting at an incline so that the sand would never get to the bottom. 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. 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. But if Williams had declined the opportunity, as he initially did a year prior? Ndiaye even tried cracking the ice by joking that Guthridges years as head coach probably hadnt hurt his wallet. When Smith retired as Division I's winningest men's coach shortly before the 1997-98 season, Guthridge was promoted to replace him, and he guided the Tar Heels to two Final Fours in three seasons. 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. In retrospect, Smiths premature exit was a mistake on all fronts. Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Hed have been a lifer, Hanners says. All the scheduling calls, speeches for adoring donors, piles and piles of paperwork that accompanied seemingly everything he did. His desire to be a coach I dont think ever stopped, Hanners said. 1 team in America. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Guthridge was Smiths assistant for 30 years. Were the best North Carolina team that never won a championship. When he retired as head coach in 2000, he knew he wouldnt be able to get through telling his staff about his departure. The protege was named Naismith College Coach of the Year in his first season as Smith's replacement. Following the 199798 season, several organizations named him National Coach of the Year and he received the Naismith College Coach of the Year award. He had recently been in an assisted living facility in Chapel Hill. Prior to that, Guthridge served as Smith's assistant coach for 30 years. Hed told reporters he expected to honor the remaining four years on his deal. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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. Guthridge was completely committed to Carolina basketball, and he wanted to make sure everyone else in the program felt the same way. But the Tar Heels suffered a soul-crushing NCAA Tournament loss that also ended Phil Fords career. SCNext Top 25: Ranking the best high school boys' basketball teams in the 2022-23 season, Brown: There will never be another Bill Guthridge. Guthridge took over when Smith retired after 36 seasons in October 1997. Guthridge didn't bother to recruit Jason Williams,. That Plan B, clearly, was Guthridge. He was 77. He was known to answer a question such as Coach, do you know what time it is? with a Yes as he walked away. Veteran sports reporter Peter Gammons had high praise for the former coach: Saddened to learn Bill Guthridge passed away. Perhaps, at last, somewhere in his mind, Coach Guthridge finally made the decision to retire from this physical life. when UNC named longtime assistant Bill Guthridge as his successor. 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. The Tar Heels lost to Florida in last seasons Final Four. When Bill Guthridge retired as North Carolina's basketball coach in the summer of 2000, it set off a chain reaction that touched the lives of dozens of people in his profession. Coach Smith always had a plan. I really liked the attitude of the team, the way they worked hard and how they were rewarded finally. The fact that he felt like he failed us.. Smith was fresh off his 11th Final Four and had just passed Adolph Rupp for the most wins by any college basketball coach in history. The people who knew him best werent surprised he went to two Final Fours in three seasons.. The possibilities were endless, but Baddour is certain of one thing: keeping things in the family was a must. Copyright 2013 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. But theres also the fact that Dean did it his way, which was entirely predictable. For more than three decades, Coach Guthridge served this University he loved so much with a deep commitment to academic and athletic excellence. Why bring those up? Unfortunately, it took UNC two tries to find that leader. He is probably best remembered for his loyalty to Smith, who died in February at age 83. In fact, most of that team reconvened in St. Louis in 2005 for Williams first championship game at North Carolina. Smith and Guthridge had long maintained they'd. Brendan Marks covers Duke and North Carolina basketball for The Athletic. 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. Although his individual achievements showcased his ability as a head coach, Guthridge always seemed content working with Smith to develop a top program at North Carolina. The first is, if Guthridge hadnt wanted the job, would Williams have taken it? 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. It was the 14th time Guthridge participated in the Final Four. Its one game, Jamison says. Hed grow bored of golf, and once that happened, his staff knew hed summoned up the energy for another go-around. 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. (LogOut/ #RIP. That was the presumption Baddour and the basketball program operated under. Perhaps, at last, somewhere in his mind, Coach Guthridge finally made the decision it was time for him to retire from this physical life. He spurned offers to interview for head coaching vacancies, preferring to remain out of the spotlight and continuing to team with Smith. Conference tournament champion. When it was his turn as head coach, he immediately won an ACC championship and took two teams to the Final Four. In 1998, Guthridge inherited a team that had been to the 1997 Final Four the previous year under Smith. He bought into everything. In that scenario, Williams never leaves Kansas and Ford probably never leaves North Carolina. Which put Baddour on the search for a long-term replacement for the first time. 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. Ironically, both coaches developed dementia along the way (Coach Smith died in January 2015 of complications from dementia). The announcement came nearly two months after the 6-10 center led the Boston . Penn State was a good situation, he said in an interview in 2010. After Dean Smith retired, Bill Guthridge took over for three years and at some point, we can't remember exactly which year, Boswell struck. He joined the UNC staff in 1967 after five years as assistant to Tex Winter at Kansas State. Whatve you got to prove then?. I didnt really have to focus too much on a Plan B, Baddour says. But when Guthridge retired, Williamsthen playing with the Seattle Sonicsmade the effort to find a commercial flight to Chapel . As early as April and May, Bill Guthridge Smiths primary assistant for some 30 years reached out to Hanners about doing extra study of the teams offensive and defensive sets. 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. 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. Sad news. 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. So I just feel like we got robbed.. He was 77 years old. Or does Doherty get his chance regardless? Former UNC Coach Bill Guthridge passed away last night at age 77 w/ family at his side. [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. He was a kind soul with a strong, competitive spirit. Carolina Basketball confirmed the news on Twitter: Sad news. He directed UNC to the 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and was named the ACC Coach of the Year. He would, however, have just lost his three best players at Kansas in Paul Pierce, Raef LaFrentz and Billy Thomas. Other opportunities had arisen over time, and yet Guthridge always remained as Smiths assistant. But I already had a better job than that and I was happy here. 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. And so those players, all of them, kick around the questions to this day. 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. Coach Smith began showing signs of cognitive impairment before Coach Guthridge did. Bill was a great coach, but he never got enough credit during most of those years. After waiting an uncharacteristically long time to respond, he smiled and thanked me. Guthridge was criticized last season by alumni and fans for losing five games at home the most since World War II and for a record that dropped to 18-13 after a first-round defeat in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. But when Baddour and Guthridge did finally meet, Guthridge expressed a desire to try his hand. The little doo-doos, Smith called them, the administrative tasks just within the purview of his job responsibilities. You accomplished something that takes some other people 20-plus years to do. Carolina Jump Rope is making their fellow Tar Heel rethink what it means to jump rope. It was an admirable, honorable action for Smith to take and Guthridge went on to win 80 games in three seasons. As a coach, he was stubbornly competitive. 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. Following his stint at Kansas State, Guthridge moved to North Carolina to join the staff of fellow Kansas native Dean Smith. In 2000, the Tar Heels struggled in the regular season, falling out of the polls for the first time since the start of the 199091 season. Guthridge joined Smith's staff for the 1967-68 season, starting out as the freshman coach and a co-assistant varsity coach and eventually becoming the Hall of Famer's most trusted assistant. 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. (LogOut/ Well if hes got a five-year contract, you know hes gonna coach five years. In Guthridge's final season, he went 18-13 -- at the time, the program's worst finish in decades -- but bounced back in the postseason to reach North Carolina's 15th Final Four before losing in the national semifinals to Florida. Guthridge . North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge retired Friday after three years as Dean Smiths successor, a move that opens one of the most prestigious jobs in college sports. Only different alternate realities. Just a really good man who made Carolina, the ACC and college basketball better.. He was North Carolina basketball, the constant as the new building was built in his honor and the banners in the rafters accumulated, the link from Scott to Ford to Jordan to Stackhouse. That image of Guthridge is accurate but not complete. At one point he thought he wanted to be a head coach, but he also decided that he really enjoyed Coach Smith and the program here and why should he leave when he has what he thought was the perfect job., Bill was uniquely special. He was inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. 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. 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. 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. What if he hadnt retired when he did? That team still went 34-4, losing to Utah in the Final Four. Guthridge was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 1998. Guthridge took over when Smith retired after 36 seasons in October 1997. Because before we can consider what might have been, we have to understand why everything played out as it did. MIAMI: Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson acknowledged he has given the school permission to talk to Green Wave coach Perry Clark about replacing Leonard Hamilton. 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"Mak said he gets this call from his mom: 'Mak, there's this man here in Africa, says he's your coach,' ". When he reached the decision to step down during that summer of 1997, no one could have changed his mind, even if given the opportunity to do so. It left at 1:57 p.m. His reasoning? His legacy and contributions to my life and to our University will live on and he'll be much more remembered for his sense of humor and class just as much as his coaching.". All the things he couldnt do during the daunting in-season months. 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. 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. Former UNC Coach Bill Guthridge passed away last night at age 77 w/ family at his side. 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Williams famously turned him down, opting to remain at Kansas, where hed built a Carolina-esque family dynamic (at Smiths alma mater, to boot). Maybe Phil Ford wouldve been the head coach then, Ndiaye says. But it was all as a team, no one mans fault or wrongdoing for the groups shortcoming. Then he retired, too. He always knew what he was doing.. 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. I wouldve never thought of that in a million years.. "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.". Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Bill Guthridge, 77, died Tuesday from a heart condition. Guthridge, his wife said, suffers from vascular dementia - a condition that's a result of reduced blood supply to the brain. 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. One year against Laurinburg, Hanners squad was down about 18 with under nine minutes to play; suddenly, he felt Ford come up behind him. The perception of Smiths program might have been that it ran without emotion. 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 friend. Neither Davis nor athletic director Ron Wellman would comment on his departure. In his three seasons as head coach Guthridge led the Tar Heels to the NCAA final Four twice, in 1998 and again in 2000. For starters, Baddour says he still would have offered Guthridge the job first. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion He handed out handwritten notes instead. He, like Coach Smith, was more of a mentor and father figure than anything else. And come Monday, he got the fateful notice. Division regular season and conference tournament champion He once told a newspaper he never left the program because the other 300 Division I head-coaching jobs weren't better than his job as an assistant. A longtime assistant to the legendary Dean Smith, he shall be remembered for his three seasons as head coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels. "He, like Coach Smith, was more of a mentor and father figure than anything else. That was quelled, but the chancellor had another thought: To the chancellor and many fans Williams was the obvious choice to succeed Smith. 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. Now Guthridge, 77, is enduring a similarly cruel fate . (Ford) goes, Ah, you wouldve seen it sooner or later. Yeah right. 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. Even 22 years after turning down the Nittany Lions, Guthridge still couldnt quite bear to leave. When 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. End of conversation.. 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. He was no different from Coach Smith or Coach Guthridge. He was a lifetime assistant coach for whom Dean did a solid. He also was head golf coach for the Wildcats. 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. Born William Wallace Guthridge, he attended Kansas State University where he played guard on the basketball team and helped the Wildcats. He had recently been in an assisted living facility in Chapel Hill. From 1972 onward, he was Smith's top assistant. 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. "Needless to say I'm tired of having meetings like this." 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. 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