Where are they now?: Neill McGeachy
I always wondered what became of Neill McGeachy, Duke MBB's head coach during the 1974 season, a 10-17 campaign you can read about in Brill 1986. McGeachy was saddled with the thankless task of following Bucky Waters, who had presided over a period of relative decline after Vic Bubas. (Not to dis Waters). That team may have struggled, but it did record the 1000th win in program history. It's also the team that lost the 8pt/17s game at Carolina. What Carolina fans never mention is that they had no damn business whatsoever trailing that Duke team by 8 points late.
McGeachy is the AD at his alma mater, Lenior-Rhyne. The math seems to indicate he's in his late 60s.
http://www.lr.edu/administration/neill-mcgeachy
I think we're all aware Bucky's still around, but Bubas (1927-) and Bill Foster (1930-) are also still kicking, despite Foster's heart attack in the 1980s.
Our first season in Cameron
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throatybeard
I always wondered what became of Neill McGeachy, Duke MBB's head coach during the 1974 season, a 10-17 campaign you can read about in Brill 1986. McGeachy was saddled with the thankless task of following Bucky Waters, who had presided over a period of relative decline after Vic Bubas. (Not to dis Waters). That team may have struggled, but it did record the 1000th win in program history. It's also the team that lost the 8pt/17s game at Carolina. What Carolina fans never mention is that they had no damn business whatsoever trailing that Duke team by 8 points late.
McGeachy is the AD at his alma mater, Lenior-Rhyne. The math seems to indicate he's in his late 60s.
http://www.lr.edu/administration/neill-mcgeachy
I think we're all aware Bucky's still around, but Bubas (1927-) and Bill Foster (1930-) are also still kicking, despite Foster's heart attack in the 1980s.
McGeachy was the coach the first year we bought season tickets (the very same seats we still occupy!). It was pretty easy to get tickets; Dr. Pallas Athena was a resident at Duke Hospital, so we were able to buy the seats two-for-one. That's right, folks, $80 for TWO season tickets in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Been there ever since. Even though people sitting around us said things were on the decline, we loved the games and the atmosphere.
Where are they now?: Neill McGeachy
Not in Durham! End of discussion. Seriously, 8 points in 17 seconds. I usually get over things in a hurry, but almost 38 years later, I'm not over the 8 points in 17 seconds debacle.
I hesitate to inquire, but
...during all the Coach K celebration last month, I was impressed that no mention was made of Pete Gaudet. No, I'm not trolling here, just curious why he wasn't at least invited to join in the festivities, since he was a large part of the back-to-back years, and -if K's original Army team was brought in for the Davidson game- I wonder whether there is a bitter back story or just what that left him out of the list of celebrants. I don't count myself as a super-duper insider here, just a local fan since at least 1957, and got to spend some time with Gaudet at a local Health Fair function.
PS, if this is destined to cause great wailing and gnashing of teeth, please ignore, like most of my usual comments...carry on.
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Originally Posted by
throatybeard
I always wondered what became of Neill McGeachy, Duke MBB's head coach during the 1974 season, a 10-17 campaign you can read about in Brill 1986. McGeachy was saddled with the thankless task of following Bucky Waters, who had presided over a period of relative decline after Vic Bubas. (Not to dis Waters). That team may have struggled, but it did record the 1000th win in program history. It's also the team that lost the 8pt/17s game at Carolina. What Carolina fans never mention is that they had no damn business whatsoever trailing that Duke team by 8 points late.
McGeachy is the AD at his alma mater, Lenior-Rhyne. The math seems to indicate he's in his late 60s.
http://www.lr.edu/administration/neill-mcgeachy
I think we're all aware Bucky's still around, but Bubas (1927-) and Bill Foster (1930-) are also still kicking, despite Foster's heart attack in the 1980s.