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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

Chansky’s Notebook: Catching The Dean
The Roy Williams-Dean Smith victory chase is officially on. Dean Smith retired after winning 879 games. Williams has 873 wins after his 17th Tar Heel...

Unique Opener Had Tar Heels A Bit Amped Up
Beginning the season against an ACC foe is something North Carolina hasn’t done since Dean Smith’s sixth season in Chapel Hill some 53 years ago...

Box Score: North Carolina 96, Winston-Salem State 61
View the complete box score from North Carolina's 96-61 exhibition win over Winston-Salem State on Friday night at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill...

Eight UNC Women's Soccer alumnae to take part in NWSL playoffs
Dean Smith’s famous quote that North Carolina "is a women’s soccer school" still holds true. Eight UNC women’s soccer alumnae begin play in the NWSL...

UNC Basketball and Freshman Interviews
For nearly five decades, UNC Basketball freshmen had not been allowed at these media events, which meant some of the more colorful stories about freshmen's...

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