Steve Hale remembers Dean Smith

Posted Feb 13, 2015
All those wins. The 11 Final Four appearances and two national titles. The mastermind behind the revolutionary "four-corner" offense. North Carolina's Dean Smith is a legend in college basketball. But he was so much more to his players at Chapel Hill, says Dr. Steve Hale, a former Tar Heel under Smith in the 1980s. (Burlington Free Press)

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