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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: L&M Boys, Part 2
Half of the famed L&M Boys along with Bob Lewis, who I featured yesterday, Larry Miller was the first five-star recruit signed by Dean Smith...

Chansky’s Notebook: L&M Boys, Part 1
Fifty years ago, the L&M Boys lit up Carolina Basketball. The 1967, ’68 and ’69 Tar Heel teams of Dean Smith are coming to town...

Tar Heels Today: Addressing UNC basketball's issues, recruiting info
A quick rundown of the latest Tar Heel news with some basketball and football recruiting info, today's upcoming game schedule, birthdays and historic events. It...

The Dean Smith Era Began With the Famous Three-Peat
Rusty Clark, Bill Bunting, Dick Grubar, Joe Brown and Gerald Tuttle – the famed Class of 1969 – gave North Carolina the height and depth...

Vince Carter, Dean Smith’s final NBA legacy, still jammin’, surprising himself at 40
At 40, Vince Carter is the oldest player in the NBA, and on this youth-oriented Kings squad (where 11 of 17 players are 25 or...

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