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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Awards Handed Out At UNC's Annual Basketball BanquetJustin Jackson, the 18th consensus first-team All-America in UNC history, and the third Tar Heel to win ACC Player of the Year and win an...
Wed Apr 19, 2017
Third national title defines, rather than validates Roy Williams' legacyRoy Williams is an emotional man to begin with. But just mention the name of his mentor and coaching inspiration Dean Smith and his eyes...
Fri Apr 14, 2017
Tar Heels produced notebook, not textbook, basketball
The last two wins were seat-of-the-pants game plans by the coach who still has the notebooks from his days of watching Dean Smith run practices...
Fri Apr 7, 2017
Lucas: Hooked
We all remember when we were hooked. The team that made me fall in love with Carolina basketball was the 1986-87 squad. They had Dean...
Fri Apr 7, 2017
A look back: Chris Webber’s untimely timeout helps seal UNC’s NCAA title win
North Carolina won its sixth NCAA championship Monday with a 76-69 victory against Gonzaga. Twenty-four years before that, on April 5, 1993, another UNC team,...
Wed Apr 5, 2017