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Hall of Fame hoops coach Charles 'Lefty' Driesell dies at 92

Hall of Fame college basketball coach Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell, who won 786 games while leading four different Division I schools to 100 victories, died Saturday morning. He was 92.

Maryland announced Driesell's death. His grandson, Ty Anderson, an assistant coach at Wofford, told The Washington Post that Driesell died at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Driesell coached Division I basketball for 41 seasons -- at Davidson, Maryland, James Madison and Georgia State -- and when he retired in 2003, only Bob Knight, Adolph Rupp and Dean Smith had won more games.