Short takes on Dean Smith

Posted Feb 16, 2015
For a period in the 1990s, Dean Smith pledged to eat healthy foods. He had one weakness, though, and Chris Leevy Johnson, a team manager from 1992-96, was often asked to go by Merritt’s Store and Grill in Chapel Hill to deliver it. Smith would hand over the keys to his dealer-issued 740 series BMW to Johnson, who was just a sophomore at the time (ESPN.com)

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