Many South Carolina Gamecock fans of my age may have a hard time remembering Dave Odom, which might I say is a darn shame.
Though Odom may be more widely known as Tim Duncan’s coach at Wake Forest or as an assistant at Virginia during the Ralph Sampson years, he spent his golden years in Columbia from 2002-2008.
In those years Odom took South Carolina to the NCAA Tournament, won the NIT twice and coached South Carolina’s only NBA draft pick this century. To this day he still carries an 803 area code on his phone and frequents the Palmetto State for vacation.