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

Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 26)
March 26, 1977: UNC beats UNLV 84-83 to advance to Dean Smith's second national title game. Carolina trailed at the half - remember, this UNC...
Thu Mar 26, 2020

Matt Doherty Relives UNC, Michael Jordan Win Over Georgetown
In UNC's 1982 title game against Georgetown, Dean Smith said, ‘We’re right where we want to be.’ When we broke the huddle, I think Coach...
Thu Mar 26, 2020

Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 24)
March 24, 1991: UNC beats Temple 75-72 in East Rutherford to advance to Dean Smith's first Final Four since 1982. It was dicey there at...
Tue Mar 24, 2020

Triangle Timehop: Today in local college basketball history (March 23)
March 23, 1997: UNC beats Louisville, 97-74, in Syracuse to advance to what would be Dean Smith's final Final Four - and his final win...
Mon Mar 23, 2020

Lucas: Rapid Reactions - UNC's 1982 championship
Rapid Reactions in 1982 might have looked like this: What an incredible finish to UNC's first national championship since the undefeated 1957 team. How relieved...
Sat Mar 21, 2020

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