Minnesota Golden Gophers coach Tubby Smith's father, Guffrie Smith Sr., passed away Sunday night at the age of 88.
Smith, is the sixth child of 17 to Guffrie and his wife, Parthenia.
Smith's father was a school bus driver in Maryland for over four decades.
"On behalf of the entire UK basketball family, I offer my condolences to Tubby Smith and his family on the passing of Tubby's father," current Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari said in a Twitter message on Monday.
Tubby Smith coached the Wildcats to a national championship in 1998 and was named the head coach of Minnesota in 2007. Smith has accumulated a 42-25 record and a 2009 NCAA Tournament appearance thus far in his coaching stint with the Gophers.
Smith was also the head man at Tulsa and Georgia before becoming the Wildcat head coach.
Our thoughts and prayers are with coach Smith as he mourns the loss of his father.
--Hen
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