Carl Tacy

Teams coached: Marshall Thundering Herd, Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Marshall record: 23-4 (.852)
Wake Forest record: 222-149 (.598)
Overall record^: 312-167 (.651)

Carl Tacy
Born June 18, 1933
Died April 2, 2020
Hometown: Huttonsville, West Virginia
Alma Mater: Davis & Elkins College (BA, 1956) / Radford University (MA, 1967)
Played at Davis & Elkins (WV) and then started his coaching career at the high school level in Virginia
First collegiate job was a three years stint at Ferrum (VA), then a junior college, where he went 67-14 (.824)
Became an assistant at Marshall under Stewart Way in 1970 and then took over as head coach a year later
- Went 23-4 in his lone season at the helm, reaching the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in program history
Hired away in 1972 to be the head coach at Wake Forest, a position he held for the next 13 years
- Compiled a 222-149 record overall, going to four more NCAA Tournaments and two NITs
- Finished .500 or above in 10 of 13 seasons and regularly had the Deacons in the top half of the ACC standings
  - The 1977 team finished the season as the #9 team in the country and were ranked as high as #4
- Retired in 1985 following a string of five-straight seasons with a postseason berth
Member of the Wake Forest Sports HOF (1985), Davis & Elkins Sports HOF, Ferrum College HOF (2007)
Passed away in 2020 at age 86; survived by wife, Donnie, and their three children: Carl Jr., Beth and Carla

Muggsy Bogues (Charlotte Sting)
Mike D’Antoni (Houston Rockets, LA Lakers, NY Knicks, Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets)
Frank Johnson (Phoenix Suns)
Fran McCaffery (Iowa, Siena, UNC Greensboro, Lehigh)
Ernie Nestor (Elon, George Mason)
Dave Odom (South Carolina, Wake Forest, East Carolina)
Eddie Payne (USC Upstate, Oregon State, East Carolina)
Bobby Watson (Evansville)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only