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: Comings and GoingsThe old fashion Dean Smith method of recruiting was still at Ol’ Roy’s core even after losing four starters and his top five scorers. He...
Fri May 3, 2019
Cameron Johnson Named MVP at UNC Basketball Awards CeremonyCameron Johnson was named the winner of the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player Award Wednesday evening at the UNC men's basketball team's 2018-19 awards ceremony...
Wed Apr 17, 2019
Derrick Phelps is 'backbone' of Washington State basketball program
The way new Washington State basketball coach Kyle Smith talks about his right-hand man at USF — associate head coach Derrick Phelps — you have...
Tue Apr 9, 2019
Chansky’s Notebook: They Liked What Mike Liked
When 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 Fame
Bobby 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