NEW YORK POST – Legendary former college basketball coach Charles Grice “Lefty” Griesell has died at 92 years old.
The news was first announced by former Maryland congressman Tom McMillen, who played for Driesell at Maryland, on Facebook.
Driesell was most known for his time coaching Maryland from 1969-86, and also had head coaching tenures at Davidson, James Madison and Georgia State.
From 1986-88, he also served as Maryland’s assistant athletics director.
Lefty Driesell coached Maryland from 1969-86.
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Driesell’s college head coaching record was 786–394, and his Terrapins won the NIT in 1972, the ACC Tournament in 1984 and the regular season ACC championship in 1975 and 1980.
Driesell coached four teams to the Elite Eight and four to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
He also won conference coach of the year honors seven times combined at his three other coaching stops.
Driesell resigned from Maryland in 1986 after small forward Len Bias, who had been selected second overall in the NBA draft by the Celtics, died of a cocaine overdose.
Driesell was accused of instructing assistant coach Oliver Purnell to cover up evidence of drug use at the scene …
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