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

UNC’s All-New York City team could play with anybody
For UNC, the ties to New York perhaps run deeper than any other ACC school. There's the connection to the city through Frank McGuire, who...
Wed Mar 8, 2017

ACC to visit the city that helped fuel its rise
“Frank McGuire, he’s the key guy,” former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins said. “We all know Everett Case is the godfather of the ACC, but...
Sun Mar 5, 2017

A Golden Anniversary of Success, Pt. 2
UNC’s 1967 basketball season was filled with anticipation. Dean Smith had engineered a building process that was coming to fruition. This is the golden anniversary...
Fri Mar 3, 2017

UNC JV basketball honors Dean Smith by moving game to Carmichael
For the first time since 2010, men’s basketball saw some action in Carmichael Arena. On Feb. 28, 1931, Dean Smith was born, and it was...
Wed Mar 1, 2017

How UNC’s offense, one of the nation’s best, went missing at Virginia
The last time North Carolina had as much difficulty scoring as it did on Monday night during a 53-43 defeat at Virginia, head coach Roy...
Tue Feb 28, 2017

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