What is Carl Tacy?
[[File:Carl Tacy.jpg|thumb|180px|Tacy, circa 1974]] '''Carl Tacy''' ({{circa|1933}} &ndash; April 2, 2020) was an American college basketball [[coach (basketball)|coach]] at [[Wake Forest University|Wake Forest]]. He was the head coach from 1972 to 1985 where he had a 222-149 record, the second winningest record at that time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t8ERAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6870,79496&dq=carl-tacy|title=Wake Forest Coach Carl Tacy Resigns After 13 Years |date=July 16, 1985|publisher=[[Gainesville Sun]]|access-date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> In 1985, he was added into the Wake Forest Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zEAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uM4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5557,3617054&dq=carl-tacy+hall-of-fame|title=AM briefing|date=October 11, 1985|newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]|access-date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> From 1971 to 1972, he was the head basketball coach at [[Marshall University|Marshall]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oRsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hyQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3681,3922453&dq=carl-tacy|title=Carl Tacy Is Named Wake Coach |date=April 13, 1972|publisher=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|Times-News]]|access-date=April 1, 2010}}</ref> where he had a 23-4(.852) record. Tacy died on April 2, 2020 at the age of 86.<ref>[https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/ncaa/ncaab/carl-tacy-former-wake-forest-head-coach-passes-away/83-2c501846-3204-4a96-ac18-ef59489881a2 Former Wake Forest Basketball Coach Carl Tacy Passes Away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tacy, Carl}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Carolina]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}