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Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86

Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86
THAT HE LEAVES BEHIND. THE SECONDS TICKED OFF AND THEN TIME RAN OUT. IT WAS ALL OVER THE FINAL SCORE. LOUISVILLE, 59, UCLA 54, LOUISVILLE맥스카지노S 33 AND THREE RECORD BECOMES THE SECOND MOST WINS BY AN NCAA CHAMPION. DENNY CRUM MADE HISTORY AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS, BRINGING U OF L BASKETBALL AND THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, THEIR FIRST EVER NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1980 AND A SECOND IN 1986. COACH CRUM TRANSFORMED THE CARDS BASKETBALL PROGRAM IN HIS 30 YEAR RUN IN A SPORT WHERE YOU SEE COACHES COME AND GO, GO FROM THIS SCHOOL TO THAT SCHOOL, I THINK THE MERE FACT THAT HE STAYED HERE FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AND WON ONE LOCATION AND THAT HE BUILT A REPUTATION OF BEING COOL AND BEING HONEST, BEING A PERSON OF HIGH INTEGRITY. COACH CRUM MADE LOUISVILLE HIS HOME WHILE BUILDING A LASTING LEGACY AT U OF L, ALONG WITH THE TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, COACH CRUM LED THE CHARGE TO SIX FINAL FOURS AND 675 WINS. BUT TO HIS FORMER PLAYERS, CRUM WAS MORE THAN JUST A COACH. HE TRANSFORMED THEIR LIVES. AND I THINK ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT WITH HIM ALSO IS THE FACT THAT THE PLAYERS WHO ACTUALLY CAME FROM OTHER STATES STAYED HERE NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY, NOT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL, BUT BECAUSE OF HIM AS WELL. HE WAS KIND OF GUY THAT YOU WANTED TO PLAY FOR AND AND MYSELF LIKE OTHER PLAYERS, WE COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY WE WANTED TO. I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO KENTUCKY, CINCINNATI, A LOT OF OTHER PLACES. THE COACH CRUM WAS ONE OF US. AND WE KNEW HE CAME FROM A WINNING PROGRAM AND THAT맥스카지노S WHAT WE WANTED TO BE. WE WANTED TO BE A WINNING PROGRAM AND BEING A WINNING PROGRAM BECAME THE STANDARD. ALL THAT SUCCESS PUT COACH CRUM IN THE SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND CATAPULTED LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL INTO ONE OF THE ELITE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY, A LEGACY THAT
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Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86
Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum has died.He was 86. Kenny Klein, longtime UofL sports information director and close friend of the coach, confirmed Crum died at his home Tuesday morning, the same day 29 years ago he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.Crum coached the UofL men's basketball team from 1971 to 2001. He'll forever be remembered as the man who brought Louisville basketball to prominence.He brought the team, and the city, their first-ever national championship in 1980.The 1986 championship win against Duke made Louisville one of the rare schools to have more than one title and stamped it as one of the nation맥스카지노s elite programs.In addition to the championships, he had six Final 4s and 675 wins in his 30-year run.That record put Crum in the sports Hall of Fame, earned him Coach of the Year three times and endeared him to Cards fans forever. Long after his coaching days were over, Crum, who was born in San Fernando, California, made Louisville his permanent home. The court at the KFC Yum! Center was named after him, cementing his legacy in his adopted home.And just a couple of months ago, across from that venue, Crum got a new "Hometown Heroes" banner -- a sure sign of a Louisville legacy. Since 2001, the Denny Crum Scholarship Foundation and the Denny Crum Scholarship Fund at UofL have awarded over a million dollars benefiting over 425 students 맥스카지노I hope they remember I really cared about Louisville, loved Louisville, cared about the people here,맥스카지노 he once said. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. Rest in peace, Denny.

Legendary Louisville basketball coach Denny Crum has died.

He was 86.

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Kenny Klein, longtime UofL sports information director and close friend of the coach, confirmed Crum died at his home Tuesday morning, the same day 29 years ago he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Crum coached the UofL men's basketball team from 1971 to 2001. He'll forever be remembered as the man who brought Louisville basketball to prominence.

He brought the team, and the city, their first-ever national championship in 1980.

The 1986 championship win against Duke made Louisville one of the rare schools to have more than one title and stamped it as one of the nation맥스카지노s elite programs.

denny crum during the 1986 win over lsu in the ncaa semi-finals
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Denny Crum during the 1986 win over LSU in the NCAA semi-finals

In addition to the championships, he had six Final 4s and 675 wins in his 30-year run.

That record put Crum in the sports Hall of Fame, earned him Coach of the Year three times and endeared him to Cards fans forever.

Long after his coaching days were over, Crum, who was born in San Fernando, California, made Louisville his permanent home.

The court at the KFC Yum! Center was named after him, cementing his legacy in his adopted home.

And just a couple of months ago, across from that venue, Crum got a new "Hometown Heroes" banner -- a sure sign of a Louisville legacy.

Since 2001, the Denny Crum Scholarship Foundation and the Denny Crum Scholarship Fund at UofL have awarded over a million dollars benefiting over 425 students

맥스카지노I hope they remember I really cared about Louisville, loved Louisville, cared about the people here,맥스카지노 he once said.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Rest in peace, Denny.