CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Charlie Spoonhour — the former coach at Missouri State, St. Louis and UNLV — has died. He was 72.
Chuck Harker, the funeral director at Walker’s Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, says Spoonhour died Wednesday.
Spoonhour was a popular coach known for his homespun humor and oncourt success. He was diagnosed in 2010 with a lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which required a transplant at Duke University Medical Center.
Spoonhour spent nine seasons at Missouri State, then known as Southwest Missouri State, and went 197-81 with five NCAA tournament appearances.
