Dean Smith’s caring touch, penchant for relationships shines through in death

Posted Feb 9, 2015
As Michael Jordan often has done, Phil Ford, the college star in the 1970s who conducted UNC’s famed Four Corners offense and became the No. 2 all-time scorer in Tar Heels history, likened Dean Smith to his second father Sunday. “Not many people are willing to share everything about themselves with another person that’ll make the other person better, and he was willing to do that,” Ford said. (Burlington Times News)

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