RIP Denny Crum

[Chin Diesel]

Loved Louisville in the late 70's and early 80's. Darrell Griffith, Rodney and Scooter McCray, Never Nervous Pervis, etc.

Former Louisville coach Denny Crum dies at age of 86

Denny Crum, who led Louisville to men's basketball titles in 1980 and 1986, has died at the age of 86. Crum won 675 games with the Cardinals.

www.usatoday.com

 

[alphasigko]

He was a likable coach... RIP Denny

 

[HCCForever]

Loved Louisville in the late 70's and early 80's. Darrell Griffith, Rodney and Scooter McCray, Never Nervous Pervis, etc.

Former Louisville coach Denny Crum dies at age of 86

Denny Crum, who led Louisville to men's basketball titles in 1980 and 1986, has died at the age of 86. Crum won 675 games with the Cardinals.

www.usatoday.com

Those were fun teams to watch. Loved "Dr. Dukenstein" in 1980 and watching Louisville beat Duke in 1986. But that was before I developed my hatred for Duke.

 

[Hunt for 7]

He was a class act. Too bad Pitino ruined the schools reputation. Not sure if anyone remembers the McCray brothers, they played for Crum. I dated their cousin for a few years and got to know Rodney fairly well. He was a really good guy. It was after his career we were both in our early 40’s but he never acted like he was entitled. He was a good guy and we always had good laughs. He always spoke highly of Crum and we would always talk UConn basketball. That was 2004-2005. He really credited Crum with teaching him about life. Seemed to like Calhoun but did not like when JC would go after players during games. He always said DC would never do that.

 

[Hunt for 7]

My apologies @ Chin Diesel did not read your post before responding. I instantly thought of Rod when I saw the thread title.

 

[Kitaman]

Memories of when Louisville was 'Louisville'. Great Man and Coach with a nice legacy.

 

[Umami Zen]

Denny was an excellent coach and had a great perspective on life.. Always got a kick out of his "shout out" to Coach Wooden with the rolled up game program in hand as his prop.

 

[jayteeman]

He was a class act. Too bad Pitino ruined the schools reputation. Not sure if anyone remembers the McCray brothers, they played for Crum. I dated their cousin for a few years and got to know Rodney fairly well. He was a really good guy. It was after his career we were both in our early 40’s but he never acted like he was entitled. He was a good guy and we always had good laughs. He always spoke highly of Crum and we would always talk UConn basketball. That was 2004-2005. He really credited Crum with teaching him about life. Seemed to like Calhoun but did not like when JC would go after players during games. He always said DC would never do that.

Ok ......the last 2 sentences were not necessary. I'm glad poor Rodney didn't get his feelings hurt playing for Crum.

 

[EastConn'er]

He was one of the coaches I enjoyed back in my early days of basketball. He had class and always spoke well. Some coaches today could learn class from him...

 

[TRUCONN76]

After UConn won the championship in 1999 Denny presented the crystal championship trophy to the team at the hotel after the game in front of about 50 fans and the cheerleaders around 2:00AM

 

[gtcam]

Back in the day, Louisville basketball was my 2nd favorite team to watch only to UConn. Coach Crum could recruit and coach with the best of them.
RIP Coach C

 

[boog204]

Like many, Louisville was one of my first favorite teams in the mid 80s as they just had an it factor. I was only 7, but I remember the 86 team with Wagner, Billy Thompson, Herbert Crook and Ellison quite well. RIP