Charles "Lefty" Driesell, Hall of Fame basketball coach and an iconic figure in Georgia State Athletics and across college basketball, died peacefully at his home in Virginia Beach, Va. He was 92.
Born Dec. 25, 1931 in Norfolk, Va., Charles Grice Driesell gained his forever nickname in school and found his forever sweetheart at Granby High in Joyce Gunter. Charles and Joyce were married 70 years when she died in 2021 at their home in Virginia Beach. The couple had four children: Patti, Pam, Chuck and Carolyn; as well as 11 grandchildren.
The lefthander, who won 786 games at four schools, was inducted into his 14th Hall of Fame when he entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.