A man of honor: Competitive, irascible Dean Smith strove to do right

Posted Feb 8, 2015
The more history one lives through, the better able they are to understand it. Born in 1952, I’ve lived through plenty. Dean Smith was 39 years old and starting his 10th season as head coach at North Carolina when I showed up in Chapel Hill for my freshman year in the fall of 1970. The Tar Heels had won the ACC championship (Winston-Salem Journal)

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