A member of the first Georgia State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015 and a National Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Famer, former Georgia State head coach Charles “Lefty” Driesell has been named a 2016 finalist for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.
While at Georgia State, Driesell won 103 games and three conference championships in just over five years at the program. Lefty was at the helm when the Panthers defeated Wisconsin in the 2001 NCAA tournament. The court in the GSU Sports Arena has since been named after Driesell. The Coach is only in NCAA history to win 100 games with four different programs.