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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From Dean Smith to Roy Williams and beyond: UNC, Kansas basketball share storied historyThere was always a symmetry between UNC and Kansas to Roy Williams’ basketball journey. He is a native of North Carolina who learned a lot...
Fri Nov 8, 2024
No. 9 Tar Heels visit No. 1 Kansas in only second on-campus showdown between college hoops titansIt’s hard to call any series between basketball programs a rivalry when they’ve met just 12 times. Hard to call North Carolina-Kansas anything else, though...
Fri Nov 8, 2024
From Dean Smith to Roy Williams, UNC basketball's history with Kansas is 'rare and unique'
Roughly 1,080 miles separate the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. Despite the distance between the home...
Thu Nov 7, 2024
Chansky’s Notebook: Kansas Connectivity
The uncanny Carolina-Kansas connection goes back more than 75 years. When Dean Smith was finishing his Air Force duty after graduating from Kansas and playing...
Thu Nov 7, 2024
Hubert Davis Reflects on Connection to His Coach Dean Smith
The 2024-25 North Carolina basketball season, which opened Monday night with the Tar Heels’ 90-76 victory over Elon at the Dean E. Smith Center, eventually...
Thu Nov 7, 2024