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

Roy Williams earns 800th win as UNC fends off Syracuse
In a rematch of last season’s Final Four, the North Carolina beat Syracuse, 85-68, on Monday to deliver head coach Roy Williams his 800th win...
Mon Jan 16, 2017

Carolina Insider Podcast: J.R. Reid
The latest episode of the Carolina Insider podcast is now available featuring a fun conversation with former Tar Heel All-America J.R. Reid about his time...
Fri Jan 13, 2017

Will Lefty Driesell ever get in the Hall of Fame?
“He needs to be in the Hall of Fame,” ex-Georgetown coach John Thompson, one of Lefty Driesell’s great rivals, says. There are a million...
Tue Jan 3, 2017

Chansky’s Notebook: Tough Young Coach
King Rice was tough enough to make Bobby Hurley cry. When the emotional former Tar Heel apologized to his Monmouth team for criticizing the officials...
Thu Dec 29, 2016

Audio: Art Chansky - "Game Changers" tells the story of UNC basketball and the Civil Rights Movement
Art Chansky, veteran sportswriter and author of several books on UNC basketball, joins the Sports Shop crew to discuss his new book "Game Changers." The...
Wed Dec 28, 2016

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