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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A Dean's InfluenceThe influence Dean Smith had on Derrick Phelps as a player, a person and the coach he aspired to be was tremendous. "He was definitely...
Thu Feb 16, 2017
Video: An ACC Tournament, A Power Outage, and an Old Story About Dean SmithCory Alexander explains that an ACC Tournament game that he played in as a star at Virginia when the lights went out in the arena...
Wed Feb 15, 2017
ACC basketball's aging lions still ruling the room
Mike Krzyzewski turned 70 on Monday, but the Duke icon isn’t the oldest head basketball coach in the ACC. At 72, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim has...
Mon Feb 13, 2017
Chansky’s Notebook: Part 2 — Get On The Back Boards!
How Roy Williams can even his UNC record at Cameron Indoor: For Carolina to square ol’ Roy’s record in that overrated barn, his guys have...
Thu Feb 9, 2017
Heels coach Roy Williams speaks out — and up — over HB2
I worked for a short while as a sportswriter. That job required a few brief conversations with Dean Smith, a man unafraid to speak his...
Thu Feb 9, 2017