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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

Quentin Thomas tosses shade at former UNC teammate
The Carolina basketball family is a tight knit group of players bound together by a university and a shared experience. When head coach Roy Williams...

Michael Jordan is only most recent of Dean Smith's former players to give back to their community
Five different men. Five very different charitable causes. With the exception of 1983-84, when Dean Smith and Michael Jordan shared a backcourt, these men represent...

40 years ago, U.S. Olympians - coached by Dean Smith - played, beat the Allentown Jets
As a run-up to the '76 Olympics in Montreal, the U.S. team, coached by UNC coach Dean Smith, came to Bethlehem to take on the...

Chansky’s Notebook: Vinsanity of Teammates
Dean Smith was a master of tough love, and he stayed on Vince Carter to play harder, play smarter and be a better teammate. Two...

Illinois State names Brian Reese assistant basketball coach
Brian Reese learned from one of college basketball's coaching legends in the late Dean Smith. He knows what it's like to reach the top, too,...

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