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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Dean Smith collection debuts at Wilson LibraryDean Smith’s legendary coaching career that includes two national championships and 879 wins has been well documented. A new addition to the University Libraries now...
Thu Nov 30, 2017
Lucas: The Forgotten ChampionFittingly, this year's Tar Heels face Michigan tonight in the Smith Center—the first meeting between those two programs since they contested the 1993 national championship...
Wed Nov 29, 2017
Roy Williams Tuesday Press Conference Notes
Dean Smith used to sometimes not say anything or much at all to his team in the locker room following a defeat, but Roy Williams...
Tue Nov 28, 2017
How UNC’s long, close relationship with Nike began
In early April, 1993, North Carolina won its third NCAA basketball championship, and second under coach Dean Smith, in its final game wearing Converse-brand sneakers...
Thu Nov 23, 2017
Chansky’s Notebook: Three In The Post
Dean Smith had three freshman centers, Rich Yonakor, Jeff Wolf and Steve Krafcisin, and Smith joked that maybe Yon-Wolf-Sin could combine to equal Tom LaGarde’s...
Wed Nov 22, 2017