Dave Odom
Dave Odom (born October 9, 1942)
Teams coached: East Carolina Pirates, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, South Carolina Gamecocks
East Carolina record: 37-43 (.463)
Wake Forest record: 240-132 (.645)
South Carolina record: 128-104 (.552)
Overall record: 405-279 (.592)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 9 (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 3 (1993, 1995, 1996)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 3 (2000, 2005, 2006)
- NIT Appearances: 6 (1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006)
- ACC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1995)
- ACC Tournament Champion: 2 (1995, 1996)
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- ACC Coach of the Year: 3 (1991, 1994, 1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2001-2008 | South Carolina |
| 1989-2001 | Wake Forest |
| 1982-1989 | Virginia (asst) |
| 1979-1982 | East Carolina |
| 1976-1979 | Wake Forest (asst) |
Dave Odom Facts
- George David Odom
- Born October 9, 1942
- Hometown: Goldsboro, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: Guilford College (BA, 1961) / East Carolina University (MPE, 1969)
- After graduating from Goldsboro HS (NC), Odom played football and basketball at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC
- Started coaching at his alma mater, Goldsboro HS, in 1965 as an assistant; he took over as head coach in 1969
- Spent seven seasons as the head coach at Durham HS in Durham, NC before getting his first collegiate job as an assistant to Carl Tacy at Wake Forest in 1976
- Returned to East Carolina, where he earned his master’s while coaching at Goldsboro HS, as head basketball coach in 1979
- In 1989, after a seven-year stint as an assistant at Virginia under Terry Holland, he was hired as head coach at Wake Forest
- Odom spent twelve seasons as the Wake head coach, having great success in the mid-90’s behind star Demon Deacons player Tim Duncan, a future Hall of Fame player whom Odom recruited out of the US Virgin Islands
- Wake Forest won two straight ACC Tournaments in 1995 and 1996 with an ACC regular season title in 1995, as well; the 1996 squad made a run to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual champion Kentucky
- Odom also coached Wake Forest to an NIT Championship in 2000
- Left for South Carolina in 2001, coaching the Gamecocks for seven seasons before retiring in 2008
- Odom won two straight NIT Titles with South Carolina in 2005 and 2006, and was NIT Runner-up in 2002
- Along with his wife, Lynn, has two sons, including current Utah State head coach Ryan Odom
Dave Odom Coaching Tree
- Mike Boynton, Jr. (Oklahoma State)
- Larry Davis (Furman)
- Rick Duckett (Grambling State)
- Frank Haith (Tulsa, Missouri, Miami FL)
- Josh Howard (UNT Dallas)
- Kerry Keating (Santa Clara)
- Ernie Nestor (Elon)
- Eddie Payne (USC Upstate, Oregon State, East Carolina)
- Ricky Stokes (East Carolina, Virginia Tech)
- Russell Turner (UC Irvine)
- Jerry Wainwright (DePaul, Richmond, UNC Wilmington)
