College Basketball World Pays Tribute to Maryland Legend Lefty Driesell

Legendary Maryland basketball head coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell died on Saturday at 92 years old, after an impactful career in college basketball. The Hall of Famer coached four different teams over 41 years and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.

Driesell made an impact on many people in college basketball that went beyond the connections of the schools where he coached. Once the news broke, those in the Maryland and college basketball world mourned the loss of Driesell on social media.

Throughout his career, Driesell made the Elite Eight four times and had 22 seasons with at least 20 wins.

Driesell is currently in the top 20 on college basketball’s all-time wins list and is known for creating “Midnight Madness” in the 1970s. He was nominated for the Hall of Fame for a decade before getting inducted as part of the class of ’18.