document: Former Memphis basketball coach Larry Finch , who took Tigers to 6 NCAA tournaments , dies at 60 MEMPHIS , Tenn. - Larry Finch , who coached his alma mater Memphis for 11 seasons after a brief pro basketball career as a player , has died . He was 60 . Tigers spokesman Lamar Chance said Finch died Saturday . He did n't know the cause of death . Finch suffered a debilitating stroke in 2002 at age 51 . In October 2010 , he was hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia . As Tigers ' coach from 1986 to 1997 , he compiled a 220-130 record . He took the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament six times , including a run to the final eight in 1992 . Finch , a guard , played for the Tigers from 1970 to 1973 , scoring 1,869 points . The 1973 team lost to Bill Walton-led UCLA in the NCAA championship game despite Finch 's 29 points . Finch 's jersey , No. 21 , was retired in 1974 .
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