Bayan da Dean Smith ya yi ritaya, Guthridge ya zama kocin Tar Heels na tsawon shekaru uku.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "Bayan ritayar Dean Smith, Guthridge ya zama babban kocin Tar Heels na tsawon shekaru uku kuma an nada shi kocin kasa na shekara a shekarar 1998, kafin ya yi ritaya a 2000. "