Denny Crum, the coach who built the University of Louisville into a national powerhouse in men's basketball, died in his home on Tuesday morning. He was 86.
Louisville coach Denny Crum yells from the sideline during the first half of the NCAA semifinal game between Louisville and LSU at Reunion Arena, Saturday, March 29, 1986, Dallas, Tex. Denny Crum, the coach who built the University of Louisville into a national powerhouse in men’s basketball, died in his home on Tuesday morning. He was 86.
In all, Crum coached the Cardinals to six Final Fours , won 15 regular season conference championships, 11 Metro Conference tournament titles and made 23 NCAA tournament appearances during his Hall of Fame coaching career. He also was named college basketball’s National Coach of the Year three times.
Crum, who played and coached for Wooden at UCLA before landing at Louisville in 1971, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994 and the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
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