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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
Dean Smith

Eric Montross: The Analyst
Eric Montross, like Hubert Davis, played for Dean Smith and knows Roy Williams well. Montross, a 7-foot center in his playing days, sits in the...

UNC vs. UCLA Postgame Notes
It was Roy Williams' 878th win as a head coach. He needs one win to tie Dean Smith for fourth place all-time. Freshmen Armando Bacot,...

Roy Williams' Disdain for Losing
In 1988, on the eve before Roy Williams moved from Chapel Hill to Lawrence, Kan., Dean Smith hosted his pupil’s family for a farewell dinner...

Lucas: Us And Them
Sunday at Carmichael was for us. It was for anyone who ever set their VCR to record the Dean Smith show or wore their socks...

Hubert Davis on Carmichael: "It's Special, It's Different"
In a video created and produced by UNC basketball, Coach Roy Williams and assistants Hubert Davis and Brad Frederick reminisce about Carmichael and what it...

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