Wake Forest Athletics
1/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@TieDyeNation)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Dave Odom, Wake Forest's basketball coach for 12 seasons from 1990-2001, has been named to the 2016 ACC Men's Basketball Legends Class, as announced by the league office on Thursday.
Odom led Wake Forest to eight NCAA Tournament appearances in 12 seasons as head coach, as well as the NIT title in 2000. The Goldsboro, North Carolina, native's 240 wins rank second on Wake's all-time list and 11th among ACC coaches. He was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1991, 1994 and 1995, and his 1995 and 1996 Wake Forest teams claimed ACC Tournament championships. The 1995 team, led by Randolph Childress and Tim Duncan, ended a 33-year ACC title drought for the Demon Deacons. Odom was named National Coach of the Year following that 1995 season, which saw Wake Forest finish 26-6.
Odom's total coaching career spanned more than four decades and included stops as an assistant coach at Wake Forest and Virginia, and head coaching stints at East Carolina and South Carolina in addition to the one in Winston-Salem. He retired in 2008 with 406 career wins as a college head coach and a winning percentage of nearly .600.
Since retiring from head coaching, Odom has remained close to the game as a television analyst and serving as the tournament chairman of the Maui Invitational.
Odom joins 14 former standout players in this year's class of ACC Basketball Legends presented by New York Life.
The Legends will be recognized during the 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be held March 8-12 at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. They will be featured at the annual ACC Legends Luncheon, which will be held Friday, March 11, beginning at noon at the Washington Marriott Marquis hotel. They will then be introduced that evening to the Verizon Center crowd during halftime of the first semifinal game.
The 2016 ACC Legends Class:
Jim Hooley, Forward, Boston College
Grayson Marshall, Guard, Clemson
Jason Williams, Guard, Duke
Rowland Garrett, Forward, Florida State
BJ Elder, Guard, Georgia Tech
Darrell Griffith, Guard, Louisville
John Salmons, Forward, Miami
James Worthy, Forward, North Carolina
Anthony "Spud" Webb, Guard, NC State
Adrian Dantley, Forward, Notre Dame
Charles Smith, Forward, Pitt
Derrick Coleman, Forward, Syracuse
Norman Nolan, Forward, Virginia
Howard Pardue, Forward, Virginia Tech
Dave Odom, Head Coach, Wake Forest
