Denzil "Denny" Crum
Alma Mater:
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Hometown:
San Fernando, CA
- Reached NCAA Final Four six times--1972 (fourth), 1975 (third), 1980 (champion), 1982 (tied for third), 1983 (tied for third) and 1986 (champion)
- Coach of 1985 NIT fourth-place team
- Coach of 11 Metro Conference Tournament champions--1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1995
- Holds an NCAA record by winning at least 20 games each of his first 13 seasons as a head coach
- Louisville's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at UCLA under John Wooden for six seasons from 1959-'71 sandwiched around a six-year stint at Pierce (CA) Community College. Compiled an 86-40 record (.683) as head coach at Pierce in four seasons from 1964-65 through 1967-68
- Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994
- Major-college career playing statistics under Wooden (7.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 33.4 FG%, 68.8 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (19: AP/UPI/USA)--1972 (4/4), 1974 (NR/15), 1975 (4/3), 1977 (19/13), 1978 (9/14), 1979 (13/19), 1980 (2/4), 1981 (12/13), 1982 (20/20), 1983 (2/2/3), 1984 (NR/NR/16), 1986 (7/7/1), 1988 (NR/NR/15), 1989 (12/13/13), 1990 (16/16/24), 1993 (15/14/15), 1994 (10/10/10), 1996 (24/23/14) and 1997 (25/10)
- All-Americans (nine): Junior Bridgeman (1975), Wesley Cox (1977), Pervis Ellison (1989), Darrell Griffith (1978 through 1980), Rodney McCray (1983), Allen Murphy (1975), Jim Price (1972), Clifford Rozier (1994) and DeJuan Wheat (1997).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26-5 | 12-2 | T-1st | NCAA (2-2) | |||
23-7 | 11-3 | 2nd | NIT (1-1) | |||
21-7 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-2) | |||
28-3 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
20-8 | 2-1 | NIT (0-1) | ||||
21-7 | 6-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-7 | 9-3 | 2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
24-8 | 9-1 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
33-3 | 12-0 | 1st | NCAA (5-0) | |||
21-9 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
23-10 | 8-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (3-1) | |||
32-4 | 12-0 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
24-11 | 11-3 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
19-18 | 6-8 | T-4th | NIT (3-2) | |||
32-7 | 10-2 | 1st | NCAA (6-0) | |||
18-14 | 9-3 | 1st | DNP | |||
24-11 | 9-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
24-9 | 8-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (2-1) | |||
27-8 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
14-16 | 4-10 | 8th | DNP | |||
19-11 | 7-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
22-9 | 11-1 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
28-6 | 10-2 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
19-14 | 7-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-12 | 10-4 | 2nd | C-USA (White) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
26-9 | 9-5 | 3rd | C-USA (White) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
12-20 | 5-11 | 5th | C-USA (American) | DNP | ||
19-11 | 11-5 | 2nd | C-USA (American) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
19-12 | 10-6 | 2nd | C-USA (American) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
12-19 | 8-8 | T-4th | C-USA (American) | DNP |
* Won Missouri Valley Conference playoff game against regular-season co-champion Memphis State (83-72) to earn invitation to NCAA Tournament.
- 30-Year Coaching Record: 675-295 (.696) at Louisville
- 46-8 (.852) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 173-59 (.746) in Metro Conference
- 53-39 (.576) in Conference USA
- 33-9 (.786) in Metro Conference Tournament
- 5-6 (.455) in C-USA Tournament
- 42-23 (.646) in NCAA Tournament
- 4-4 (.500) in NIT