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Before Gary Williams led Maryland to the 2002 NCAA championship, Lefty Driesell made the Terrapins relevant. Driesell, who died Saturday at 92, was remembered during Maryland’s game against Illinois as the coach who elevated the program from one with a single NCAA Tournament appearance to a postseason regular capable of competing with Atlantic Coast Conference powers Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State. “Not being afraid to put Maryland’s basketball program out t...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Before Gary Williams led Maryland to the 2002 NCAA championship, Lefty Driesell made the Terrapins relevant. Driesell, who died Saturday at 92, was remembered during Maryland’s game against Illinois as the coach who elevated the program from one with a single NCAA Tournament appearance to a postseason regular capable of […]

Driesell, who helped build Maryland into a national power, was one of the most accomplished coaches in Division I history.

The Hall of Famer whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four NCAA Division I schools.

Lefty Driesell, the Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs, died Saturday. Driesell died at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, his family said. Maryland planned to honor Driesell with a moment of silence before its game against No. 14 Illinois later Saturday.

Hall of Fame Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell died Saturday. He was 92.

The Hall of Fame basketball coach Lefty Driesell has died