Former Purdue, Charlotte, USF coach Lee Rose dies at 85

FILE - UNC-Charlotte coach Lee Rose reacts during an NCAA basketball game against Michigan on March 19, 1977, in Lexington, Ky. Rose, a former men’s college basketball coach who led Purdue and Charlotte to the Final Four, died Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Charlotte. He was 85. The school did not provide a cause of death. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Lee Rose, who coached the University of North Carolina-Charlotte basketball team that played in the 1977 Final Four college basketball tournament, shows some of the memorabilia from his coaching days, at his home office in Charlotte, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2007. Rose, a former men’s college basketball coach who led Purdue and Charlotte to the Final Four, died Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Charlotte. He was 85. The school did not provide a cause of death. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)