Bill Guthridge
Alma Mater:
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Hometown:
Parsons, KS
- Named national coach of the year by NABC and Naismith in 1998
- Winningest first-year head coach in NCAA history
- Coach of two Final Four teams (1998 and 2000)
- Won 1998 ACC Tournament championship
- Assistant coach at Kansas State under Tex Winter for five seasons from 1962-63 through 1966-67, and at North Carolina under Dean Smith for 30 seasons from 1967-68 through 1996-97
- Major-college career playing statistics under Winter (2.7 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 38.8 FG%, 61.4 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/USA)--1998 (1/3), 1999 (13/18) and 2000 (NR/11)
- All-Americans (two): Vince Carter (1998) and Antawn Jamison (1998).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
34-4 | 13-3 | 2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
24-10 | 10-6 | 3rd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-14 | 9-7 | T-3rd | NCAA (4-1) |
- Three-Year Coaching Record: 80-28 (.741) at North Carolina
- 32-16 (.667) in Atlantic Coast Conference
- 5-2 (.714) in ACC Tournament
- 8-3 (.727) in NCAA Tournament