Jeff McInnis Remembers Dean Smith

Posted Feb 9, 2015
“He was more than a basketball coach,” said Jeff McInnis, who played for Dean Smith’s North Carolina Tar Heels from 1993-96. “He was just a fair man. For me to have played for him and had a relationship with him, that’s the greatest thing for me. He was a father figure, a mentor, everything. Today, it’s like losing your own dad.” (Concord Independent Tribune)

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