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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Third national title defines, rather than validates Roy Williams' legacyRoy Williams is an emotional man to begin with. But just mention the name of his mentor and coaching inspiration Dean Smith and his eyes...
Fri Apr 14, 2017
Tar Heels produced notebook, not textbook, basketballThe last two wins were seat-of-the-pants game plans by the coach who still has the notebooks from his days of watching Dean Smith run practices...
Fri Apr 7, 2017
Lucas: Hooked
We all remember when we were hooked. The team that made me fall in love with Carolina basketball was the 1986-87 squad. They had Dean...
Fri Apr 7, 2017
A look back: Chris Webber’s untimely timeout helps seal UNC’s NCAA title win
North Carolina won its sixth NCAA championship Monday with a 76-69 victory against Gonzaga. Twenty-four years before that, on April 5, 1993, another UNC team,...
Wed Apr 5, 2017
Audio: Roy Williams Interview on Dean Smith and Monday's Championship
Shortly after leading UNC to its third NCAA Championship in 13 seasons, Roy Williams joined The David Glenn Show. Williams discussed his former mentor Dean...
Wed Apr 5, 2017