Coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell has passed at 92. This legend of college basketball never won the NCAA Championship, but he won on every other level with NIT and ACC Championships and countless NCAA tournament appearances resulting in numerous Coach of the Year honors.
With a lifetime record of 786 wins and 394 losses, he won more than 100 games at four different NCAA division 1 schools earning a reputation as "the greatest program builder in the history of basketball". He spent the most time at University of Maryland at College Park, my alma mater, (even visiting for a sit down chat with our dormitory when I was a student) where he achieved greatness and could beat the best teams in the country. Those were glorious times.
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