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Age: 56
Hometown:
Scotland, Md.
Family: Wife, Donna; sons G.G., Saul and Brian.
Real name: Orlando
And Tubby? Legend has it that the nickname dates to Tubby's fondness for the bathtub as one of 17 children in his family. It's also been written that he was a bit, ah, chunky as a child.
College: High Point (N.C.), 1973.
Coaching record: 387-145 at Tulsa, Georgia and Kentucky.
Good streak: 14 consecutive 20-victory seasons and 14 successive NCAA berths.
Bad streak: Failed to reach Sweet 16 in his final two seasons at Kentucky.
Kentucky high: National champions in first season, 1997-98.
Kentucky low: Failed to reach Final Four in any of next nine seasons.
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