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 |
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Krzyzewski, Smith, Valvano: Excerpts from upcoming book ‘The Legends Club’If NC State had won the national championship in 1983 before UNC won the title in 1982, there might have been some unhappy rumblings among...
Sat Mar 5, 2016
When Dean Smith, Jim Valvano, Mike Krzyzewski ruled the worldThe ACC, and especially Triangle teams, began an ascent to new prominence in 1980-81 that was sustained through the mid-90s. That season Mike Krzyzewski took...
Fri Mar 4, 2016
Video: UNC alum honors Dean Smith by painting mural
Carolina alum Scott Nurkin is close to completing his mural of Hall of Fame Basketball Coach Dean Smith – which Nurkin began two days after...
Thu Mar 3, 2016
How Dean Smith, Coach K, and Jim Valvano became rivals
Every single day, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski found himself competing against an icon and a rock star. The icon was Dean Smith, who had already...
Thu Mar 3, 2016
Florida high school coach borrows Dean Smith's delay game to salt away win
Things were slipping away for Bradenton Christian. A 20-point halftime lead was 48-41 less than a minute into the fourth quarter and what once was...
Tue Mar 1, 2016