Denny Crum

**Denzel Edwin Crum** (2 ga Maris, 1937 - 9 ga Mayu, 2023) ya kasance kocin Kwando na kwaleji maza na Amurka a Jami'ar Louisville daga 1971 zuwa 2001, inda ya tara rikodin 675-295 (.696). Ya jagoranci Cardinals zuwa gasar zakarun NCAA guda biyu (1980, 1986) da kuma hudu na karshe guda shida. An girmama shi a cikin Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame tun 1994, Crum na ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane a tarihin wasanni a Kentucky da kuma kwando na kwaleji.

Crum ya buga kwallon kwaleji ga UCLA Bruins a karkashin kocin John Wooden . Daga baya ya zama mataimakin a karkashin Wooden, kuma Bruins sun lashe gasar zakarun kasa a kowane kakar wasa uku a kan ma'aikatan. A matsayinsa na kocin a Louisville, an yaba wa Crum da yawa tare da ƙaddamar da dabarun da aka saba da su yanzu na tsara wasannin da ba na taro ba a farkon kakar don shirya kungiyoyinsa don Gasar NCAA ta Maris, inda cin nasara daya ya ƙare kakar. [1] Crum ya yi wasa sosai bayan kakar wasa da kuma halin kwanciyar hankali ya ba shi lakabi "Mista Maris" da kuma sanannen sunansa, "Cool Hand Luke".

## Ayyukan wasa
An haifi Denzel Edwin Crum a San Fernando, California, a cikin Los Angeles County .  Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Sakandare ta San Fernando a shekarar 1955, ya buga wasan kwando a Kwalejin Los Angeles Pierce daga 1955 zuwa 1957,  inda ya samu maki 27 a kowane wasa a kakar wasa ta farko.  Daga nan sai ya koma Jami'ar California, Los Angeles (UCLA), don buga wa UCLA Bruins wasa. Yin wasa a matsayin mai tsaro a UCLA (1957-1959),  Crum ya sami maki bakwai a kowane wasa. An girmama shi da Irv Pohlmeyer Memorial Trophy don fitaccen dan wasan shekara ta farko. Ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta Bruin Bench don mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a shekara mai zuwa. Bruins sun tafi 38-14 a cikin lokutan sa biyu.

## Ayyukan horarwa
Bayan kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1959, Crum ya yi aiki a matsayin kocin kwallon kwando a UCLA .  A shekara ta 1961, ya koma Kwalejin Pierce a matsayin mataimakin kocin kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kocin su daga 1964 zuwa 1968.   UCLA ta sake daukar Crum aiki don maye gurbin mataimakin kocin Jerry Norman,  kuma ya zama babban mataimakin John Wooden kuma babban mai daukar ma'aikata.   Crum ya ɗauki albashi na $ 3,000 daga UCLA idan aka kwatanta da abin da ya samu a Pierce. Bruins sun lashe lambobin yabo na kasa a kowane kakar wasa uku yayin da suke tara rikodin 86-4. Wadanda ya dauka sun hada da Bill Walton, daya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan kwando na kwaleji.

### Louisville (1971-2001)
A shekara ta 1971, Jami'ar Louisville ta hayar da Crum a matsayin kocin kocin, ya maye gurbin John Dromo,  amma ya bar UCLA yana tunanin zai dawo wata rana don cin nasarar Wooden.  Kodayake Cardinals sun sami babban nasara a kasa a karkashin tsohon kocin Bernard "Peck" Hickman,  bayyanarsu ta karshe ta NCAA ta kasance a 1968 da Final Four a 1959; ba su taba lashe gasar zakarun kasa ba.  A kakar wasa ta farko, Crum ya jagoranci Louisville zuwa Final Four, inda suka rasa tawagar UCLA ta Wooden.

Cardinals sun sake kaiwa Final Four a Louisville_Cardinals_men's_basketball_team" id="mwsw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1974–75 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team">1975, sun sake rasa UCLA. Wooden ya yi ritaya bayan gasar bayan ya lashe lambar yabo ta kasa ta 10. Crum ya ki damar maye gurbin mai ba da shawara a UCLA. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya sake karbar aikin bayan magajin Wooden, Gene Bartow, ya tafi UAB. Albashi na UCLA ya kasance kusan rabin abin da Louisville ke biya shi, har ma da ƙasa lokacin da ya shafi farashin rayuwa a Los Angeles. Crum ya ce rayuwa a Louisville ta kasance "mafi kwanciyar hankali kuma ba matsala ba ce a yi komai".  Ya jagoranci Cardinals zuwa wasu hudu na karshe a cikin 1980s (1980, 1982, 1983, da 1986).   Sai kawai wasu masu horar da 'yan wasa biyar suka kai ga Final Fours fiye da shida na Crum: Wooden, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, da Tom Izzo.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Crum ya auri matarsa ta uku Susan Sweeney Crum, sannan mai ba da labarai da kuma mai ba da rahoto ga gidan talabijin na Louisville WDRB, daga 2001 har zuwa mutuwarsa. A shekara ta 2006, ta zama mai ba da labari da kuma mai ba da labarai a gidan rediyo na Louisville WFPL .  Crum yana da 'ya'ya uku, Cynthia da Steve daga aurensa na farko, da Scott daga aurensa ya biyu. Ya zauna a Jeffersontown, Kentucky, kuma yana da ranch na farauta a gabashin Idaho . 

Crum ya buga wasan karta na sana'a  kuma ya tattara litattafan yammacin Louis L'Amour.  A lokacin aikin horar da shi, ya kasance daga cikin wadanda suka kafa Louisville Eccentric Observer, wata jaridar mako-mako ta gari. Crum kuma ya kiwon dawakai.

Yayinda yake iya, Crum ya bayyana a ayyuka daban-daban tare da tsohon Kadanal kuma dan wasan kwallon kwando Darrell Griffith . 

Crum ya kafa The Denny Crum Scholarship Foundation, Inc., wanda ke ba da tallafin karatu ga mutanen da suka nuna jagoranci, sabis na al'umma, da nasarorin ilimi. Abubuwan da ake buƙata sun haɗa da: fom ɗin aikace-aikacen, rubutun makarantar sakandare, GPA mai tarawa 3.0, da ci gaba da sabis na al'umma wanda ke lissafa cikakken sa hannun masu sa kai da ƙwarewar jagoranci. Fiye da dalibai 500 sun amfana daga Gidauniyar. Ya ba da kyauta sama da dala miliyan 1.5 a cikin tallafin karatu.

Crum ya yi bugun jini a shekarar 2017 kuma wani a shekarar 2019. Ya mutu a gida a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2023, yana da shekaru 86.  An gudanar da bikin rayuwa a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 2023, a Cibiyar KFC Yum! .  A watan Yulin 2024 an ruwaito cewa an zubar da dutsen da aka yi da hannu na Crum a cikin Bahar Maliya bayan jirgin da ke isar da shi daga Indiya ya kai hari daga 'yan fashi na Houthi.

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