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

The UNC Business School Student Who Almost Integrated ACC Basketball
Willie Cooper starred on the basketball team at Frederick Douglass High, where the 6-foot-2 forward’s defensive abilities attracted the attention of future Hall of Fame...
Mon Feb 27, 2017

UNC runs past Louisville in key matchup
Eighth-ranked UNC used an extended second-half run Wednesday to blow past No. 6 Louisville, 74-63, at the Dean Smith Center and put a stranglehold on...
Wed Feb 22, 2017

Chansky’s Notebook: Charlie Scott - A Deserving Pioneer
This basketball season marks the 50th anniversary of Charlie Scott’s enrollment at UNC as the first black scholarship athlete. Recruited by Dean Smith out of...
Wed Feb 22, 2017

Wilson Library opens exhibit on integration of varsity sports at Carolina
When Charles Scott took the floor for the men’s basketball team on Dec. 2, 1967, he became the first African-American to play on the varsity...
Wed Feb 22, 2017

Louisville at North Carolina: Who ya got? Media picks
No. 6 Louisville basketball plays at eighth-ranked North Carolina on Wednesday, and it's shaping up to be the Cards' biggest game of the season. Since...
Tue Feb 21, 2017

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