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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
Dean Smith

Video: 96-year-old UNC basketball legend Bobby Gersten dribbling, dunking, dancing in the Dean Dome
Bobby Gersten, the University of North Caroilna's oldest living basketball and baseball player, discusses his role in recruiting and retaining former Tar Heel coach Dean...

Three takeaways from Kentucky’s win over North Carolina in a basketball classic
This may have been the best Kentucky-North Carolina game ever. There have been some really good ones over the years, going back to the Dean...

Coveted basketball recruit Kevin Knox in no hurry to decide future
The Crusaders will hold practices in two iconic college arenas — UNC's Dean Smith Center and Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. The directors even tweaked the...

Chansky's "Game Changers" much more than a sports book
Chapel Hill author Art Chansky’s “Game Changers” has to rate as one of the most insightful and intriguing books ever written about college sports, but...

Rick Barnes 'studied as hard as you could study' Dean Smith
Rick Barnes, in his days as a young, fiery basketball coach, was never afraid to go after Dean Smith. He went after Smith during the...

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