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UNC Basketball: Former Tar Heel to be inducted into Hall of Fame

By Blake Cockrum

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 15: George Karl of the Sacramento Kings during the basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center March 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 15: George Karl of the Sacramento Kings during the basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center March 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using the photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) /
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Former UNC basketball player George Karl is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Another former North Carolina Tar Heel is set to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

George Karl, a member of the Tar Heels from 1970-1973, will join former San Antonio Spurs guard and two-time All-Star Manu Ginobili, five-time All-Star and Miami Heat standout Tim Hardaway, WNBA legend Swin Cash, and West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Bob Huggins, among others, in the Hall-of-Fame’s class of 2022.

Following his playing career at North Carolina, Karl was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs where he played his entire five-year NBA career. He then began his coaching career as an assistant for the Spurs in 1978. His first head coaching gig came in 1980 for the Montana Golden Nuggets. Karl spent nearly four decades as a professional basketball coach, most of which was spent in the NBA.

Karl is the sixth-winningest head coach in NBA history with 1,175 wins and a winning percentage of .588. He’s tied for 10th all-time in NBA Playoffs victories with 80. Karl spent 36 years as a CBA and NBA head coach with the Golden Nuggets, Cavaliers, Warriors, SuperSonics, Bucks, Nuggets, and Kings.

He was the NBA Coach of the Year in 2013, which was his final season as the head coach of the Denver Nuggets. He was also a four-time NBA All-Star Game head coach (1994, 1996, 1998, 2010). Twice he was named the CBA Coach of the Year (1981, 1983), and he led his team to a FIBA Saporta Cup championship in 1992.

Karl remains an avid follower of the University of North Carolina, frequently posting his support of the Tar Heels on social media.

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