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. Neither Davis nor athletic director Ron Wellman would comment on his departure. Whether Williams would have returned at that time is impossible to say. Its hard, man. "He, like Coach Smith, was more of a mentor and father figure than anything else. He led his first team to the 1998 Final Four and had two players, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison, selected in the top five . Sad news. Before their first-round exit in 2021, this was the only time that the Tar Heels failed to win a game in the tournament since it expanded to 64 teams (and dropped first-round byes) in 1985. We didnt play well for just five minutes, and that decided the game.. Had it worked out where there wasnt a down year or whatever, maybe things end up differently, Frederick says. 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. Coach Smith had so many strengths and very few weaknesses. Williams famously turned him down, opting to remain at Kansas, where hed built a Carolina-esque family dynamic (at Smiths alma mater, to boot). After those brief flirtations with head coaching positions, Guthridge settled in as UNC's top assistant, right up until Dean Smith suddenly retired in October of 1997. You come up one year, and that year you win the national championship. North Carolina athletic director Dick Baddour has refused to comment directly on Guthridge's contract, saying the school's board of trustees discourages him from talking publicly about such personnel issues. Lets say youve got a 35-year-old guy. He handed out handwritten notes instead. He was a friend. That was probably six or seven years later where somebody else might recognize it. On June 30th in 1969, Bill Russell announced his retirement from professional basketball after a 13-year NBA career. He came up with the idea that Dean Smith, having . But Baddour explained to the chancellor that because of Williams respect for Guthridge, hed never have taken the job over his friend. And so those players, all of them, kick around the questions to this day. Just a really good man who made Carolina, the ACC and college basketball better.. 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My guess is that Coach Guthridge probably never came back from that place after Coach Smiths death and I would speculate that Coach Smiths death may have been the final straw of an increasingly-unfamiliar and disconnected life for Coach Guthridge. "This is a tremendous loss for our basketball program and entire community.". 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What about Ford? In that July or August period, when Coach Smith basically told Coach Guthridge for the very last time in his life, Im not ready, Im not gonna do it again, then I think Coach Guthridge told him at that point that hed really like to try, Hanners says. Theyd had their disagreements, yes. That team reached the Final Four and almost reached the title game even though Jamison and Williams missed 22 field-goal attempts in a 65-59 semifinal loss to Utah. It has to be one of those., Williams talked Thursday night with Kansas athletic director Bob Frederick. He was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Making the Final Four is a tremendous accomplishment but its not what you chase. He, like Coach Smith, was more of a mentor and father figure than anything else. His lack of recruiting is why they went 8-20 shortly thereafter. Hanners, one of Fords close friends to this day, recalls the natural coaching instincts Ford had when the two oversaw the JV team. Carolina Basketball confirmed the news on Twitter: Sad news. Although four years further down the line, theres skepticism Guthridge, at the age of 64 or 65, would still have been interested in taking a crack. So was Williams always fated to end up back at North Carolina? #RIP, "It has been a trying time for the University of North Carolina basketball program over the past four months, and our thoughts and prayers are with them again today," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. But when Guthridge retired, Williamsthen playing with the Seattle Sonicsmade the effort to find a commercial flight to Chapel . Chapel Hill, N.C. For all of his wins and championships, the Olympic gold medal, tactical innovations, social impact and fertile coaching tree, Dean Smiths unselfishness defined his career to an enormous, but often overlooked, extent. Certainly, what a marvelous run of three years.. 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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. Then Guthridges voice wavered as he began to apologize I feel like its my fault. He couldnt generate enough energy to get through all of that., Some background: In the years leading up to his retirement specifically every spring after the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament Smith expressed a sense of exhaustion to the people around him. He was known to answer a question such as Coach, do you know what time it is? with a Yes as he walked away. 33 yrs on UNC bench. Which 16 teams should you buy or fade ahead of March Madness? Im crying because I failed you guys. The following year, with the program bordering on a mutiny, Doherty resigned. Dick, lets talk on Monday, but Im pretty sure Im gonna tell you Monday its time to transition, Baddour remembers. On one occasion, he actually accepted the head coaching post at Penn State, but stepped down from the post a few days later.[3]. Guthridge went 80-28 from 1997 to 2000 before retiring in June 2000. 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. But I know thats something that bothered him to his death, Ndiaye says. Heck, he might still be the coach at North Carolina. Why would a healthy 66-year-old call it quits and relinquish the chance to coach that team? 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. 2023 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Improving child and adolescent mental health, A message from the chancellor: We are a global university, Carolina Engagement Week Returns for a Second Year, Feb. 27 Through March 3, Book Publishing I: The Process with Christopher Ahn, Parr|Bioethics Joint Lecture: Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia), Disability and Health: An Its Complicated Relationship, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Former University of North Carolina mens basketball coach Bill Guthridge passed away May 12. The little doo-doos, Smith called them, the administrative tasks just within the purview of his job responsibilities. Or perhaps someone else from Smiths coaching tree, such as George Karl or Eddie Fogler? And so even as the coachs hair changed from dark brown to gray to white, his position never did. Maybe Phil Ford wouldve been the head coach then, Ndiaye says. Perhaps, at last, somewhere in his mind, Coach Guthridge finally made the decision to retire from this physical life. Hed told reporters he expected to honor the remaining four years on his deal. His calm demeanorhe could sometimes be found sitting in the stands an hour before road games eating popcorn or a hot dogmasked a passionate love for the Tar Heels. The manager put down his stuff and rifled through his pockets. In 1976, he also served as an assistant coach to Smith as the United States won the gold medal in men's basketball at the Summer Olympics in Montreal. Assistant coach Phil Ford is at right. I really believe thats exactly what happened.. For starters, Baddour says he still would have offered Guthridge the job first. That team still went 34-4, losing to Utah in the Final Four. Its often forgotten that he helped engineer the 2000 Final Four run by keeping his team in Charlotte overnight after a disappointing quarterfinal ACC Tournament loss, and pushing them hard in practice on Saturday. He also coached 66 players who were selected in the NBA and/or ABA drafts. Bill was a great coach, but he never got enough credit during most of those years. Coach Smith had so many strengths and very few weaknesses, and the weaknesses that he did have Coach Guthridge tried to fill. The picture most Tar Heel fans will have of him is sitting slightly behind Dean Smith, perhaps leaning over to make a point to the head coach. [5], He died at his home on May 12, 2015, after an extended illness, alongside his family. Who will win each 2023 conference tournament? He directed UNC to the 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and was named the ACC Coach of the Year. Buffalo Brothers - 1/2 Price Appetizers 4:30pm-6:00pm Monday - Friday, Holliday: State and Carolina headed in different directions for the final two weeks, Brownlow: Angst will be at an all-time high as NC State hosts hated rival UNC, Holliday: Miami puts the Heels back on the bubble, Brownlow: NC State, Duke and UNC all seek to avoid two losses in a row as crunch time hits, Holliday: Pivotal road trips for NC State and Duke, Brownlow: Saturday's matchup marks the beginning of a new Carolina-Duke era, Holliday: Could this be Keatts' best ACC season? Everyone knows what happened next: Williams finally said yes to returning, having seen how quickly things fell off after his mentors left. Following his stint at Kansas State, Guthridge moved to North Carolina to join the staff of fellow Kansas native Dean Smith. People could misinterpret 2 p.m.perhaps it really meant 1:45, or maybe 2:15. He was an unbelievable assistant to Coach Smith. That was the presumption Baddour and the basketball program operated under. Or does Doherty get his chance regardless? Recharge your batteries, they told him. (An aside: if Doherty stays, does Mike Brey, succeeded him and still remains in South Bend, get that job, or is he elsewhere too?). I think its time to turn it over to somebody else, he said at a campus news conference. Fast-forward to present day, and he has surpassed Smith in both national championships and wins. (Updated at 2:22 p.m.) By Elizabeth A. Davis Associated Press Writer North Carolina coach Bill Guthridge retired Friday after three years as Dean Smith's successor, a move that opens one of the . But the season, and that loss specifically, never faded from their collective consciousness. If I were to call Roy and ask Roy was he interested, the first question out of his mouth wouldve been, did Bill get a chance? Baddour says. 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. Coach Smith began showing signs of cognitive impairment before Coach Guthridge did. "When Coach Smith announced he was retiring and that Coach Guthridge was taking over, then it all clicked into place for me," Hanners says. He led the program to a pair of Final Four appearances in three seasons at the helm before retiring following the 1999-2000 campaign. The picture most Tar Heel fans will have of him is sitting slightly behind Dean Smith, perhaps leaning over to make a point to the head coach. Coach Guthridge made his retirement official on May 13, 2015. I really liked the attitude of the team, the way they worked hard and how they were rewarded finally. There were reports that Michigan was interested in him at the time His only drawback was a DUI arrest in September 1998, after which he was temporarily placed on leave. Like his lifelong friend and mentor, Coach Dean Smith, he led by example instilling values of kindness, discipline and a strong work ethic. If Bill Guthridge doesnt look familiar to you as a UNC-Chapel Hill head basketball coach, theres a very good reason for that. Its funny, I talk to (Williams) players, and with the thought of the day, and the way things are run, and I go to their practices, Jamison says, its Coach Gut, Coach Smith in a younger body.. How close did Raleigh come to getting an NFL team? Lets play out the most interesting of the hypotheticals: if Dean Smith does return for the 1997-1998 season, with an absolutely jam-packed roster. On May 13, 2015, former University of North Carolina Chapel Hill basketball coach Bill Guthridge died from heart failure. He said to me, I have felt this way before, but in the early fall, Ive always gotten the energy back, and I expect that thats gonna happen, but I do want to alert you to the possibility that it might not. Whether or not deep down inside he thought that energy wouldnt come back, I dont know the answer to that. "He was an unbelievable assistant to Coach Smith. Smith and Guthridge had long maintained theyd retire together, the natural conclusion to a three-decade partnership in Chapel Hill. Thats impossible to know, but Williams was also returning a top-five team, one that was expected to compete for a championship in its own right. With Williams, it was the restoration of the family, three national championships and potentially many more years. Former UNC Director of Athletics Dick Baddour: Bill was one of the most respected and admired people I have known. Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Bill Guthridge, 77, died Tuesday from a heart condition. But I already had a better job than that and I was happy here. As things went, by the end of the 1999-2000 season which concluded with a surprise Final Four run, Guthridges second trip in three seasons Smiths right-hand man was finally ready to step away himself. Guthridge was Smiths assistant for 30 years. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Guthridge took over when Smith retired after 36 seasons in October 1997. 3 "The End of Absence" Michael Harris. 1 "The End of Absence" Michael Harris, Pt. He wasnt an electric radio show guest. Guthridge was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 1998. He set NCAA records for most wins by a first-year head coach with 34, and for wins in his first two years with 58. His desire to be a coach I dont think ever stopped, Hanners said. The careers and lives of the two coaches from Kansas were solidly intertwined. End of conversation.. Jordan is among many Tar Heels who had tremendous respect for Guthridge. Veteran sports reporter Peter Gammons had high praise for the former coach: Saddened to learn Bill Guthridge passed away. How might everything be different? That season, he led the Tar Heels to a 34-4 record and the final No. Guthridge was the longtime assistant to UNC coach Dean Smith, who died earlier this year. School officials stressed that Guthridge was not merely a placeholder for then-Kansas coach Roy Williams, signing him to a five-year contract. We ended up beating em easily, and I thanked him later for it, Hanners says. Guthridge was completely content in the role of a lifetime assistant and the Smith/Guthridge combo would have been weakened had Guthridge retired early. On Oct. 9, 1997, Smith called it quits. As good a person as I ever met. He led his first team to the 1998 Final Four and had two players, Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison, selected in the top five picks of the NBA draft. When it was his turn as head coach, he immediately won an ACC championship and took two teams to the Final Four. Guthridge had ample opportunities to leave Chapel Hill and become the head coach of his own program. In public, he was never going to be the center of attention. But he decided he did not have the energy to continue coaching, the AP reported. 1 team in America. (Ford) goes, Ah, you wouldve seen it sooner or later. Yeah right. Ill really miss this next years team and what those guys have done for me, said Guthridge, whose team last season reached the Final Four before being eliminated in the semifinals. Brendan Marks covers Duke and North Carolina basketball for The Athletic. He had interviewed for the Texas job, which went to Rick Barnes, after the 1998 season, after all. 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. That group, fresh off a Final Four appearance, was tabbed as the preseason No. The people who knew him best werent surprised he went to two Final Fours in three seasons.. Penn State was a good situation, he said in an interview in 2010. For what? So why leave?, His dry sense of humor was legendary among his players. Its another tremendous loss for our University, our basketball program and our entire community. The complaints turned to praise after the teams unlikely Final Four appearance. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Whatve you got to prove then?. But it was all as a team, no one mans fault or wrongdoing for the groups shortcoming. Looking around at his devastated players in the locker room, Guthridge realized he simply couldnt leave. In our prayers. When Smith was needlessly ejected from the 1991 Final Four, it was Guthridge who was furious in the tunnel after the game. He was 77. 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How would his retirement alter the short- and long-term trajectory of a program built on consistency? Baddour was scheduled to travel with the football program that day for a game at TCU, but before leaving he spoke to Smith on the phone. Bill Guthridge, who led North Carolina to two Final Four appearances in his three seasons as coach of the Tar Heels, will announce his retirement at a news conference Friday, The Associated Press has learned. Without question, every opportunity that I would have to hire Roy Williams. Meanwhile, Creighton coach Dana Altman withdrew his name from consideration. In his first year as head coach, he led the the team . Guthridge, who like Smith was a. Guthridge was a player and then an assistant coach at Kansas State . Capital Financial - Learn how to secure lifetime retirement income. Smith, who attended Guthridges retirement announcement, called the day a celebration of a fantastic career. 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