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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Roy Williams Sends Letter to Injured Tar Heel FanLike his mentor, Dean Smith, North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams has been known for taking time for the little things. Earlier this month, Williams...
Wed Sep 13, 2017
Tar Heel Blog Podcast: Michael Brooker SpecialMichael Brooker discusses his current career as the head boys’ basketball coach at Lake Oconee Academy in Georgia and the influence that coaches Dean Smith...
Fri Aug 25, 2017
Former UNC player Michael Brooker shares personal recruiting letters from Dean Smith
Former UNC basketball player Michael Brooker played for the Tar Heels from 1997-2001. He redshirted during the 1996-97 season. He is currently head boys basketball...
Fri Aug 11, 2017
Photos: Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins spend a day on the UNC campus in Oct. 1983
In Nov. 1983, Sports Illustrated's Curry Kirkpatrick wrote a cover story about Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins, who at the time were stars of the...
Thu Aug 10, 2017
See Dean Smith’s handwritten note to a recruit
Dean Smith was a prodigious letter writer, and since his death in 2015, an increasing number of those letters have been making their way to...
Tue Aug 8, 2017