Norm Sloan

Norm Sloan (June 25, 1926 - December 9, 2003) was an American college basketball coach.

Sloan was a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he lettered in basketball under coach Everett Case and was a classmate and teammate of Vic Bubas, who later coached Duke. As players, both won multiple Southern Conference Championships, including 1950 and 1951 victories over Duke. Sloan and Bubas were assistants under Case in the early years of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In 1957, Sloan left N.C. State to become head coach at The Citadel, where he built the program from being a laughing stock to as good a record as 15-5, including winning the George Mikan Award for Most Improved Team and being named the 1959 Coach of the Year by the South Carolina Sportswriters Association. After four years, he went to Florida, where he coached until 1966, when he returned to N.C. State.

While at N.C. State, he won three ACC Championships, one NCAA Championship (1974), and had the last undefeated season for an ACC team. His greatest teams included legendary players such as David Thompson, Tommy Burleson, Mo Rivers, Tim Stoddard, and Monty Towe. "Stormin' Norman" was as well known for his garish red-and-white plaid sports coat as he was for his ACC battles with Charles "Lefty" Driesell and Dean Smith.

In 1980, Sloan resigned from N.C. State to resume coaching at Florida, taking them to three NCAA Tournaments. In 1984, he was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 1994 he was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

Sloan's 627 victories rank him 26th on the career list of Division I coaches.

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