Tommy LaGarde Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Tommy LaGarde | | Hometown: | Detroit, MI | | High School: | Central Catholic | | Born: | February 10, 1955 (70) | | Height/Weight: | 6-10, 230 | | Position: | Center | | Notes: | 1976 Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist, 1977 All-American | | Related: | John Kuester | Walter Davis | Tom Zaliagiris | John Virgil |
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Ranking The Top Two UNC Basketball Teams In Each Decade: 1970sUNC Basketball's 1976-77 national runner-up team was loaded when healthy. All-America center Tommy LaGarde missed the last seven weeks, Phil Ford had several ailments going...
Sun May 11, 2025
Chansky’s Notebook: ‘We Had to Win!’In 1976, UNC had our Olympic Dream Team. Forty-seven years ago, Dean Smith coached the USA basketball team in Montreal to the Gold Medal. The...
Mon Jul 31, 2023
Did the Four Corners win UNC's 1977 Final Four game against UNLV?
The Tar Heels' 1977 Final Four victory against UNLV is one of the greatest in UNC Basketball history. North Carolina was severely limited by injuries...
Thu Jun 15, 2023
Looking back at the 1977 UNC-Marquette national title game
UNC basketball coach Dean Smith's Tar Heels, though a slight favorite in the championship game, had to play without center Tommy LaGarde, who had blown...
Wed Feb 24, 2021
In 1976, Dean Smith coached U.S. Olympic team to win over Allentown Jets at Pennsylvania high school
1976—A capacity crowd of 3,860 fills Liberty’s Memorial Gym to watch the 1976 U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, coached by Dean Smith, run past the...
Sun Jul 26, 2020