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Jun 4, 2022 · Dean Smith sent assistant coach Bill Guthridge to Africa to learn about the culture of player Makhtar N'Diaye, Kenny Smith says on a podcast.
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May 13, 2015 · Bill Guthridge, who made his college basketball reputation as Dean Smith’s trusted right-hand man — then took Carolina to two Final Fours in three years as head coach after his mentor retired — has died after a long illness.
Former University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Bill Guthridge passed away May 12. He was 77 years old. Guthridge led the Tar Heels to two Final Fours in three years as head coach and was the consensus National Coach of the Year in 1998.
May 13, 2015 · Bill Guthridge, the longtime assistant to Dean Smith as well as his successor as North Carolina's head basketball coach, died Tuesday night at the age of 77. UNC spokesperson Steve Kirschner...
May 13, 2015 · CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina basketball family has lost a second beloved coach in the last few months with the death of Bill Guthridge, Dean Smith’s “perfect sidekick.” Guthridge, who was Smith’s longtime assistant and later succeeded him as North Carolina’s head coach, was 77.
May 13, 2015 · Bill Guthridge, the longtime assistant to Dean Smith who succeeded him as North Carolina's head coach, has died. He was 77.
May 13, 2015 · But Guthridge, who died Tuesday at 77 of heart failure, was not just one of the best college basketball coaches of all time, he was an unfailingly decent man who displayed a rare degree of...
