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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

So, where does Roy Williams really compete?
The North Carolina Tar Heels return to the NCAA Championship title game tonight against Villanova, where Roy Williams hopes to do at UNC what neither...

Roy Williams Winning His Way
Forty minutes. That’s all that separates Roy Williams from a third national championship. That’s one more than Dean Smith won, and it’s one that would...

Dean Smith, An NCAA Champion Coach With Integrity And Preparation
Dean Smith was already a winner, but going into the 1981-82 season the one thing he didn’t have on his resume was an NCAA basketball...

North Carolina and Villanova face drastically different expectations ahead of national title game
Villanova and UNC will share a floor Monday, but on the sport's grander stage, they play very different roles. One school needs titles and the...

Jimmy V, Coach K And Dean Smith: The 3 Legends Of N.C. Basketball
This was such a perfect storm in the 1980s in the research tribal of three remarkable men who also happened to be great basketball coaches...

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