Bill Guthridge

Alma Mater: 
Class of: 
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)

1997-98

North Carolina

34-4

13-3

2nd

ACC

NCAA (4-1)

1998-99

North Carolina

24-10

10-6

3rd

ACC

NCAA (0-1)

1999-00

North Carolina

22-14

9-7

T-3rd

ACC

NCAA (4-1)