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

Temple's Fran Dunphy is one of the nation's few teachers
Fran Dunphy was the last in line for pre-game handshakes as an assistant with LaSalle. UNC coach Dean Smith said, “Have a good game, Fran."...
Fri Dec 9, 2016

Jerry Stackhouse Uses Dean Smith's Lessons to Coach
Former UNC star Jerry Stackhouse was in Greensboro Wednesday as he coached his team, The 905, a D-league affiliate of the Toronto Raptors against the...
Thu Dec 8, 2016

Is it time for UNC to address the elephant in the arena?
When it opened in 1986, the Dean Smith Center was a new gold standard for college basketball venues. Fast forward 30 years, however, and UNC...
Wed Dec 7, 2016

Toys For Tots At UNC-Tennessee Basketball Game
Carolina fans, this holiday season you can help provide toys to over 5,000 Orange County children who would go without any gifts if not for...
Mon Dec 5, 2016

How Dean Smith's Push For Civil Rights Transformed Chapel Hill
Dean Smith is known as a legendary basketball coach at UNC. His teams won 879 games and two NCAA national championships. But one of Smith's...
Wed Nov 30, 2016

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