Chansky’s Notebook: We Love You, Dean!

Posted Oct 10, 2017
Twenty years ago, UNC Basketball changed forever. In 1997, we saw the first full day the Tar Heel basketball program was no longer led by Dean Smith, the only UNC coach hundreds of thousands of fans had ever known. Smith later confided that he might have quit too early. He was 66 on that day. His protégé, Roy Williams, turned 67 on August 1 and is still going strong. (Chapelboro.com)

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