Four coaches who replaced college basketball royalty
Posted Nov 1, 2022
Not even Joe B. Hall or Gene Bartow faced Bill Guthridge’s challenge — coaching his first season in a building named after the guy he replaced. It all happened so quickly, too. Dean Smith announced his retirement in October 1997, a week before practice started. "We thought the world was coming to an end," one of UNC's stars, Antawn Jamison, said years later.
(NCAA.com)
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