Norm Sloan

Norman Lesley Sloan, Jr. (June 25, 1926 – December 9, 2003), nicknamed "Stormin' Norman," was an American college basketball player and coach. Sloan played college basketball for North Carolina State University, and thereafter, he was the men's basketball head coach for Presbyterian College, The Citadel, the University of Florida and North Carolina State University in a career that spanned thirty-eight seasons.

Early years

Sloan was born in Anderson, Indiana in 1926 to Norman and Mary Sloan. He is of English descent through his 4th great-grandfather. He attended Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, where he lettered in basketball.

College playing career

Sloan received an athletic scholarship to attend North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he played guard for coach Everett Case's NC State Wolfpack from 1947 to 1949. He was one of Case's original six "Hoosier Hotshots," a group of high school stars Case recruited from Indiana. As a member of the Wolfpack, Sloan was a classmate and teammate of Vic Bubas, who later coached the Duke Blue Devils from 1959 to 1969. Sloan was a member of three Wolfpack teams that won Southern Conference championships in 1947, 1948 and 1949. In a dispute with Case over playing time, Sloan did not play his senior basketball season in 1950–51, but chose instead to concentrate on playing quarterback for coach Beattie Feathers' NC State Wolfpack football team instead. In addition to football and basketball, he was also a member of the Wolfpack track and field team.