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Dec 19, 2023
Eric Montross (1971–2023), Tar Heels legend and NBA player
Eric Montross was an NBA basketball veteran and a member of the 1993 NCAA Championship-winning University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill Tar Heels team who came to be known as Bloody Montross after playing with a bleeding injury during a game against Duke University.
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Jan 27, 2023
Billy Packer (1940–2023), Emmy-winning college basketball announcer
Billy Packer was a longtime college basketball announcer who covered the NCAA tournament for decades.
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Aug 16, 2022
Pete Carril (1930–2022), legendary former Princeton basketball coach
Pete Carril was the head basketball coach at Princeton University for 30 years, leading them to 11 NCAA tournament appearances.
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Jan 18, 2022
Joe B. Hall (1928–2022), former Kentucky Hall of Fame basketball coach
Joe B. Hall was a legendary basketball head coach at Kentucky, leading the team to a national championship victory in 1978.
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Jan 29, 2021
John Chaney (1932–2021), legendary Temple basketball coach
John Chaney was the former head basketball coach at Temple University who led them to 17 NCAA tournament appearances.
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Jan 4, 2021
Paul Westphal (1950–2021), Basketball Hall of Famer
Paul Westphal was a five-time NBA All-Star who later became a head coach.
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Dec 28, 2020
K.C. Jones (1932–2020), Celtics legend
K.C. Jones was the steady point guard for the Boston Celtics who helped lead the team to eight NBA titles as a player and then two more as the head coach.
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Nov 20, 2020
Nancy Darsch (1951–2020), one of the original WNBA coaches
Nancy Darsch was a women’s basketball coach who helped take USA Basketball to gold at the 1984 and 1996 Olympics and was one of the original WNBA coaches.
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Aug 31, 2020
John Thompson (1941–2020), legendary Georgetown basketball coach
John Thompson wasthelegendary former head basketball coach atGeorgetownUniversitywho was the first black head coach to win the NCAA men's basketball championship when he led Georgetown to a win in 1984.
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Aug 28, 2020
Lute Olson (1934–2020), legendary Arizona basketball coach
Lute Olson was a legendary former head basketball coach at the University of Arizona.
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May 25, 2020
Eddie Sutton (1936–2020), Hall of Fame college basketball coach
Eddie Sutton was a college basketball coach who was the first to take four different teams to the NCAA tournament: Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma State.
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Sep 23, 2019
Andre Emmett (1982–2019), Texas Tech basketball legend
Andre Emmett was a basketball legend at Texas Tech University. Playing under head coach Bobby Knight, Emmett was their second all-time leading scorer and an All-American selection in 2004. He was drafted No. 35 overall by the Seattle SuperSonics and traded to the Memphis Grizzlies but only played in a handful of NBA games. He then played internationally and recently was a star in the BIG3 league, finishing second in scoring last season.
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Apr 16, 2019
John MacLeod (1937–2019), Phoenix Suns all-time winningest head coach
Also coached Notre Dame, the Knicks, and the Mavericks.
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Jun 14, 2018
Anne Donovan (1961 – 2018), Hall of Fame basketball player and coach
Anne Donovan, the Basketball Hall of Famer who won a national championship at Old Dominion, two Olympic gold medals as a player and another as a coach, died Wednesday of heart failure, according to the Associated Press. She was 56.
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Mar 7, 2018
Woody Durham (1941–2018), former "Voice of the Tar Heels"
North Carolina football and basketball announcer for four decades…
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Dec 22, 2017
Dick Enberg (1935 – 2017), “Oh, my!” was sportscaster’s signature call
Dick Enberg, a Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of “Oh my!” as the big events he covered during a 60-year career, has died. He was 82.
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Aug 30, 2017
Rollie Massimino (1934 - 2017)
Coached Villanova to a stunning upset victory in the 1985 NCAA Basketball Championship…
