Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams (L) receives a commemorative ball from former Maryland Coach Lefty Driesell (R) before the game in College Park, Maryland, on Feb. 11, 2006. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Charles “Lefty” Driesell, a Hall of Fame coach who turned Maryland basketball from an afterthought to a contender, died Saturday at age 92 in Virginia Beach, Va.
His daughter, Pam Driesell, told The Baltimore Sun that he had been in declining health since the death of his wife, Joyce, in 2021.
