Chansky’s Notebook: What Dean Would Say

Posted Jul 11, 2022
So what kind of a school is UNC? Dean Smith liked to take the attention away from his team by crediting other Carolina coaches who also had won NCAA titles. "We’re a women’s soccer school," he said of Anson Dorrance’s program when it was the most dominant in the country. If he were still alive, Smith would have other choices, also women’s sports. (Chapelboro.com)

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