Dean Smith Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Dean Smith | | Hometown: | Emporia, KS | | High School: | Emporia | | Born: | February 28, 1931 | | Died: | February 7, 2015 | | Notes: | Basketball Hall of Fame, 4x NCAA Coach of the Year, 1982 NCAA Championship coach, 879 wins |
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Top 10 games in NCAA Tournament history: North Carolina Beats Michigan For '93 TitleSame building. Same result. Different blunder. Dean Smith won his second national championship Monday night when North Carolina beat Michigan 77-71. And like the first...
Sat Mar 21, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 20)March 20, 1969: UNC loses to Purdue in Dean Smith's third straight Final Four appearance in the semifinals, 92-65. Point guard injuries struck the Tar...
Fri Mar 20, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 19)
March 19, 1977: North Carolina beats Kentucky 79-72 to advance to Dean Smith's fifth Final Four. UNC led by 12 at halftime but Kentucky rallied...
Thu Mar 19, 2020
Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 17)
March 17, 1967: UNC beats Princeton in overtime 78-70 in Dean Smith's first NCAA Tournament game as the Tar Heels' head coach. The win avenged...
Wed Mar 18, 2020
UNC’s Bill Guthridge named to Assistant Coaches Hall of Fame
Bill Guthridge, who served as an assistant men’s basketball coach to Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina for 30 seasons and helped the...
Sat Mar 14, 2020