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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

ACC basketball's aging lions still ruling the room
Mike Krzyzewski turned 70 on Monday, but the Duke icon isn’t the oldest head basketball coach in the ACC. At 72, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim has...

Chansky’s Notebook: Part 2 — Get On The Back Boards!
How Roy Williams can even his UNC record at Cameron Indoor: For Carolina to square ol’ Roy’s record in that overrated barn, his guys have...

Heels coach Roy Williams speaks out — and up — over HB2
I worked for a short while as a sportswriter. That job required a few brief conversations with Dean Smith, a man unafraid to speak his...

Remembering Dean Smith
Two years later, we revisit Inside Carolina's coverage of the passing of former Tar Heel basketball coach Dean Smith...

Dean Smith Remembered Two Years After Death
Tuesday marked two years since the death of legendary UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith. Smith coached UNC for 36 years while amassing 879 wins...

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