Lefty Driesell RIP

[tya1]

Former Davidson head coach Driesell died today at the age of 92. He lead Davidson to the highest level they ever reached. In 9 seasons they had 8 winning records, made the NCAA tourney 3 times and won the regular season title 5 times.They reached the Elite Eight twice and the Sweet Sixteen three times. In his last 6 seasons at DU they only lost a total of 7 regular season SoCon games.

After Davidson he coached for 17 years at Maryland, He later coached 9 years at James Madison and 6 years at Georgia State. He took every school he coached to at least 1 NCAA tournament. Maryland went to 8 NCAAs. He had a career record of 786-394. He is the only coach in D1 history to win 100 games at four different schools. He was voted to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

I always assumed that Driesell's success at Davidson played into Joe Williams coming to Furman.

[Jasper]

Lefty Driesell was truly one of the great BB coaches of all time. I would place him in the top 10 of college coaches. That would be an interesting list to compile.

[cavedweller2]

Lefty was a great coach and fun to watch.
Heard several interviews with him that were very entertaining.

[apaladin]

One of my favorite FU basketball memories was watching FU beat his 2nd ranked Davidson team at GMA on the 10th anniversary of Selvy’s 100 point game 70-55. Frank Selvy’s brother David led the way.

[Roundball]

Wofford Basketball Assistant Coach Tyson Anderson is the grandson of Driesell.