Denzil E. "Denny" Crum (born March 2, 1937) is a former American men's college
basketball coach at the
University of Louisville in Kentucky from 1971 to 2001, compiling a 675–295 record. He guided the Cardinals to two
NCAA championships (1980, 1986) and six Final Fours. Honored in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame since 1994, Crum is one of the major figures in the history of sports in Kentucky and in college basketball in general.