- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDenzel Edwin Crum
- Nickname
- Cool Hand Luke
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Denny Crum was born on March 2, 1937 in San Fernando, California, USA. He was an actor, known for He Got Game (1998), Four Square Miles to Glory and ESPN College Basketball (1979). He was married to Susan Sweeney, Joyce Phillips and Joyce Elaine Lunsford. He died on May 9, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucy, USA.
- SpousesSusan Sweeney(June 9, 2001 - present)Joyce Phillips(February 11, 1977 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Joyce Elaine Lunsford(1951 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
- Longtime college basketball coach.
- Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as a coach, in 1994.
- Played for Pierce Junior College (1954-1956) and UCLA (1956-1958). All-Southern California Junior College honors. Named conference Player of the Year (1955). Earned UCLA's Irv Pohlmeyer Trophy as UCLA's best first-year player (1956-1957). Earned the Bruin Bench Award as the team's most improved player (1957-1958).
- UCLA, graduate assistant coach/freshman coach (1958-1960). Los Angeles (CA) Pierce College, assistant coach (1962-1964). UCLA, assistant coach (1968-1971).
- Head coach for Los Angeles Pierce College (1964-1968) and the University of Louisville (1971-2001). NCAA championship teams (1980, 1986). NCAA Final Four teams (1972, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986). National Coach of the Year three times (1980, 1983, 1986). Named Metro Conference Coach of the Year three times (1979, 1980, 1983). The Sporting News Coach of the Year (1986). Playboy Coach of the Year (1986). Basketball Weekly Man of the Year (1986). Basketball Weekly Coach of the Year (1980). Enshrined in UCLA Hall of Fame (1990).
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