Keeping up with Buzz Peterson, App State’s new (old) basketball coach

Keeping track of Buzz Peterson, a former Asheville High School star who will forever be remembered for beating out Michael Jordan for North Carolina Player of the Year honors in 1981. Peterson went on to play with Jordan at UNC Chapel Hill under Coach Dean Smith, where they won a national championship in 1982.

BOONE, N.C. — Buzz Peterson, who led Appalachian State University men’s basketball to three Southern Conference regular-season championships and an NCAA Tournament appearance from 1996-2000, has returned to Appalachian to once again serve as the school’s men’s basketball head coach.