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

Jerry Stackhouse: Passion Project
Jerry Stackhouse became a mentor, drawing from his playing experience and what he learned from a long line of legendary coaches—Dean Smith, Doug Collins, Rick...
Mon Feb 20, 2017

UNC fencing coach Ron Miller: A man of hard work and dedication
As the start of coach Ron Miller’s 50th season nears, the fencing room at Fetzer Gym rings with the same booming voice that once echoed...
Sun Feb 19, 2017

Video: Interview with Art Chansky about Dean Smith-Charlie Scott book
Among many legendary episodes from the life and career of men’s basketball coach Dean Smith, few loom as large as his recruitment of Charlie Scott,...
Fri Feb 17, 2017

A Dean's Influence
The 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 Smith
Cory 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

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