Tom Scott (January 6, 1908 – November 24, 1993) was a

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of the

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men's basketball team from 1946–1952. While at UNC, Scott amassed a record of 100–65. His last two teams at UNC had losing records and he was consequently replaced by

Frank McGuire Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1913 – October 11, 1994) was an American basketball coach. At the collegiate level, he was head coach for three major programs: St. John's Red Storm men's basketball, St. John's, North Carolina Tar Heels men's ...

as head coach. A graduate of Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg (now

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) in 1930, Scott also coached at Concordia-Moorhead, Central Missouri State, and

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and also serving as Davidson's

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from 1955 to 1974. As AD at Davidson he hired both

Lefty Driesell Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell (born December 25, 1931) is a retired American college basketball coach. He was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four different NCAA Division I schools, Driesell led the programs of Davidson College, t ...

and

Terry Holland Michael Terrence Holland (born April 2, 1942) is an American college athletics administrator and former basketball player and coach. He is currently the emeritus director of athletics and special assistant to Chancellor Steve Ballard at East Carol ...

as head basketball coaches. He also coached the Davidson golf team to five

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championships. He was a chairman of the

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's basketball committee. Scott was inducted into the Davidson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Central Missouri State Hall of Fame in 1993.

Head coaching record

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External links

Tom Scott's obituary
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