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Denzil E. "Denny" Crum born March 2, 1937 is a former American men's college basketball coach at the University of Louisville in Kentucky from 1971 to 2001, compiling a 675-295 record. He guided the Cardinals to two NCAA championships in 1980 and 1986) and six Final Fours. Honored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 1994, Crum is one of the major figures in the history of sports in Kentucky and in college basketball in general.
As the head coach at U of L, Crum is widely credited with pioneering the now-common strategy of scheduling tough non-conference match-ups early in the season in order to prepare his teams for March's NCAA tournament, where one defeat ends the season. Crum's prolific post-season play and calm demeanor earned him the monikers "Mr. March" and his most well-known nickname, Cool Hand Luke.
Crum announced on his 64th birthday that he would be retiring at the end of the season. Though Crum insisted the decision was his, it is widely rumored that Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich drove him out to pursue the newly available Rick Pitino.
Since going 26-9 and making the Elite 8 in the 1996-97 season, the Cardinals had gone 62-62, including 12-19 in 2000-01, and they hadn't reached a Final Four since 1986. There was widespread speculation that the game had passed Crum by; meanwhile, Pitino was revered as one of the hottest college coaches in the country, having left for the NBA after guiding the University of Kentucky to a national championship in 1996 and the championship game in 1997. The university, in the midst of a push to build a new arena, was under pressure to reclaim the basketball program's elite status, which made a big name like Pitino a natural choice. On the other hand, much of the criticism of Crum was directed at his perceived inability to recruit top players, and he signed a highly touted class of freshmen for 2001-02. When Pitino did take over, Crum's marquee recruits were largely dismissed or forced to transfer within his first year.
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