Dean Smith's wife: Presidential award 'a pinnacle' for UNC coach

Posted Nov 13, 2013
The wife of former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith called Smith's Presidential Medal of Freedom award "a pinnacle" of his career, but said Smith would not attend the ceremony at the White House Nov. 20. "For a while, we were trying to figure out any way we could to have Dean go to the presentation, but it's just really something beyond his ability right now," Dr. Linnea Smith said Wednesday. (WNCN)

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