Former UNC player Michael Brooker shares personal recruiting letters from Dean Smith
Posted Aug 11, 2017
Former UNC basketball player Michael Brooker played for the Tar Heels from 1997-2001. He redshirted during the 1996-97 season. He is currently head boys basketball coach at Lake Oconee Academy, a public charter school in Greensboro, Ga. Brooker recently shared some of the recruiting letters he got from former North Carolina coach Dean Smith.
(Charlotte Observer)
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