Honoring Bill Guthridge like 'trying to describe a sunset,' former UNC basketball manager says

Posted May 29, 2015
Dr. Dan Veazey, a Hendersonville native who served as a basketball manager at UNC under coach Dean Smith and longtime assistant Bill Guthridge, was one of four people to eulogize Guthridge during a funeral service on Monday. Trying to honor someone he admired that much was an almost impossible task, Veazey said in an interview Tuesday. (Hendersonville Lightning)

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