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: Happy Birthday, Coach!Dean Smith’s 86th birthday is tomorrow. A special number, too. The legendary Carolina coach would have been 86 tomorrow, and the best present the Tar...
Mon Feb 27, 2017
The UNC Business School Student Who Almost Integrated ACC BasketballWillie Cooper starred on the basketball team at Frederick Douglass High, where the 6-foot-2 forward’s defensive abilities attracted the attention of future Hall of Fame...
Mon Feb 27, 2017
UNC runs past Louisville in key matchup
Eighth-ranked UNC used an extended second-half run Wednesday to blow past No. 6 Louisville, 74-63, at the Dean Smith Center and put a stranglehold on...
Wed Feb 22, 2017
Chansky’s Notebook: Charlie Scott - A Deserving Pioneer
This basketball season marks the 50th anniversary of Charlie Scott’s enrollment at UNC as the first black scholarship athlete. Recruited by Dean Smith out of...
Wed Feb 22, 2017
Wilson Library opens exhibit on integration of varsity sports at Carolina
When Charles Scott took the floor for the men’s basketball team on Dec. 2, 1967, he became the first African-American to play on the varsity...
Wed Feb 22, 2017