Bill Guthridge's Accomplishments

June 30, 2000

BILL GUTHRIDGE
1998 NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
NORTH CAROLINA 1967-2000

Posted an 80-28 record in three seasons as Carolina's head coach. He shares the NCAA record for most wins by a coach after three seasons with NC State's Everett Case.

His winning percentage of .741 is the third-highest in school history for coaches with at least three seasons (behind Dean Smith, .776 in 36 seasons from 1962-97, and George Shepard, .812 in four seasons from 1932-35).

Was named National Coach of the Year in 1997-98 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the Atlanta Tipoff Club (Naismith Award), CBS/Chevrolet, the Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club and The Sporting News.

Led Carolina to NCAA Regional championships and the Final Four in 1997-98 and 1999-2000.

Led UNC to the 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship and was named the ACC Coach of the Year.

Was an assistant coach at Kansas State for five seasons, an assistant coach at UNC for 30 years and head coach of the Tar Heels for three years.

In his 33 seasons at Carolina, the Tar Heels won two NCAA championships (1982 and 1993), played in 12 Final Fours, won the ACC Tournament championship 13 times and played in the ACC Tournament championship game a total of 22 times.

In his 33 years at Carolina, the Tar Heels finished first or tied for first in the ACC regular season 16 times, finished second or tied for second in the ACC regular season 11 times, and finished third or tied for third in the ACC regular season six times.

In his 33 years at Carolina, the Tar Heels never finished lower than third in the ACC regular season standings and participated in the postseason in all 33 years (29 of the 33 years in the NCAA Tournament).

In his 33 years at Carolina, the Tar Heels finished in the Top 10 of at least one of the major polls 24 times and in the Top 20 30 times.

Was a member of 14 teams that participated in the NCAA Final Four, including one as a player at Kansas State (1958), one as an assistant coach at Kansas State (1964), 10 as an assistant at Carolina (1968, '69, '72, '77, '81, '82, '91, '93, '95 and '97) and two as UNC's head coach (1998 and 2000).

Was a part of 867 wins in 33 seasons at Carolina and 960 college coaching victories overall, including 93 wins on the staff at Kansas State. Was on the sidelines for 71 NCAA Tournament victories as a Tar Heel coach.

Was 7-2 in overtime games, 8-3 in NCAA Tournament games, 5-2 in ACC Tournament games, and 32-16 in ACC regular-season games as Carolina's head coach.

Guided the Tar Heels to team tournament championships in the 1997 Great Alaska Shootout, 1998 ACC Tournament, 1998 NCAA East Regional, 1998 Preseason NIT, 1999 Maui Invitational, 1999 Food Lion MVP Classic and 2000 NCAA South Regional.

Became the second coach in history to lead teams to two Final Fours in his first three seasons as a head coach (Ohio State's Fred Taylor was the other in 1960 and 1961).

Equalled the school record for wins in a season with 34 in 1997-98.

Set the NCAA record for wins by a first-year head coach with 34 in 1997-98.

Set the NCAA record for wins by a second-year head coach with 58 in 1997-98 and 1998-99.

Reached 50 wins faster than any coach in Carolina history.

Coached 1997-98 National Player of the Year Antawn Jamison and 1998-99 NBA Rookie of the Year Vince Carter, both of whom entered the NBA Draft after their junior seasons.

Was one of eight coaches to lead teams to the Final Four in first seasons as a head coach.

Was an assistant coach under Dean Smith in 1976 when the United States won the Olympic gold medal in Montreal.

In his tenure at UNC, he coached five (5) National Players-of-the-Year (Phil Ford, Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Jerry Stackhouse and Antawn Jamison), five ACC Players-of-the-Year (Larry Miller, Mitch Kupchak, Ford, Jordan and Jamison), five ACC Rookies of the Year (Sam Perkins, Jordan, J.R. Reid, Ed Cota and Joseph Forte) and 27 first-team All-ACC players. He also coached 64 players who were selected in the NBA and/or ABA Drafts.

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