I grew up within walking distance of Cole Field House and Maryland basketball was my favorite of any team. Started following them the year after they won the NIT with Len Elmore and Tom McMillen and followed them faithfully through the Gary Williams years. I went to Lefty's camp two years, which were amazing experiences I couldn't fully appreciate at the time. My wife went to the same high school as one of his daughters and knew her via Young Life. She got to go to their house many times and she told me that his basement was full of game films and he had a projector and screen set up. She even got to eat dinner with them when they had Len Bias over.
While I never interacted much with him, there was one interaction I'm glad I can retell...
In high school, my friends and I would go to the campus often to play pick-up basketball. There were multiple locations available to us even though we weren't students. One Friday night, we went up to play ball and all of our normal spots were closed and/or locked up, so we went into Cole Field House, which was open but only the lights on the concourse were on. It wasn't quite enough light but we didn't care so we started playing in the near-dark.
Apparently, Lefty was still in his office, heard us and came out to shoo us away. No anger, no calling the campus cops, just:
"Okay boys, that's enough!"
Amen, Lefty.
Amen, amen, amen.