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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Chansky’s Notebook: They Liked What Mike LikedWhen Dean Smith showed Alexander Julian's redesigned basketball uniform prototypes to his staff and players, he prefaced it by saying that Michael Jordan had seen...
Mon Apr 8, 2019
Bobby Jones Becomes 11th Tar Heel Elected To Naismith Hall Of FameBobby Jones, a standout on Dean Smith's teams in the early 1970s and one of the NBA's greatest defensive players, is a member of the...
Sun Apr 7, 2019
Chansky’s Notebook: North Carolina’s Core The Key
Roy Williams is still doing it the old-fashioned organic Dean Smith way of building from within. Garrison Brooks, Seventh Woods, Brandon Robinson, and Leaky Black...
Thu Apr 4, 2019
Carolina Insider Podcast: Sweet 16 preview and David Chadwick
Jones Angell and Adam Lucas preview Friday's North Carolina vs. Auburn Sweet 16 matchup. Then David Chadwick joins the Pod to discuss playing for coach...
Fri Mar 29, 2019
UNC die-hard Tar Heel fan always there for her team
From Carmichael Auditorium to the Smith Center, Lillian and her husband, Howard, have followed the Tar Heels since 1965. The couple has scored a nearly...
Fri Mar 29, 2019