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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Illinois State names Brian Reese assistant basketball coachBrian 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,...
Wed Jun 1, 2016
UNC to host King Rice's Monmouth team in 2016Under sixth-year head coach King Rice, Monmouth has played 20 high-major programs. That number will grow by four next winter when the Hawks play at...
Tue May 24, 2016
Johnson, Paige Claim Top Honors At UNC Awards Ceremony
Senior forward Brice Johnson won the Dean Smith Most Valuable Player Award and senior guard Marcus Paige became the first Tar Heel men’s basketball player...
Tue Apr 26, 2016
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...
Mon Apr 4, 2016
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...
Mon Apr 4, 2016