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posted 10-14-2015 09:26 AM
Tubby Smith, Texas Tech University Men’s Basketball Coach, will receive the John R. Wooden Award’s “Legends of Coaching” honor in 2016. Coach Wooden’s daughter, Nan Wooden, was proud to announce his selection at the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s annual Wooden Award Tipoff Luncheon. The award recognizes coaches who exemplify Coach Wooden’s high standards of coaching success and personal integrity.
The “Legends of Coaching” award was adopted by the Wooden Award Steering Committee in 1999. The honorees are selected based on character, success on the court, graduation rates of student-athletes in their basketball program, coaching philosophy, and identification with the goals of the John R. Wooden Award. Coach Smith will be recognized during the Wooden Award Weekend April 7-9, 2016, as a part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s celebration of the greatest players and coaches in college basketball.
Smith is one of seven active head coaches to post 500 wins and an NCAA title; his career record stands at 538-263 (.672). He claimed a National Championship with Kentucky in 1998, made four Elite Eight appearances, nine Sweet Sixteen appearances and has posted 20-or-more victories in 19 seasons while making 17 trips to the NCAA Tournament. Smith has sent 19 players to the NBA, including three who have won an NBA Championship and one an Olympic gold medal. He is also one of just nine head coaches in the country to lead four different schools to the NCAA Tournament. If he can get Texas Tech to The Big Dance, Smith will become just the second coach in history to lead five different programs to the Tournament.
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