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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UNC's Roy Williams sticks to '82 philosophyDean Smith's influence remains very visible in North Carolina's program. Through the years, Roy Williams even taught his mentor a thing or two. The top-seeded...
Sat Apr 2, 2016
Video: Kenny Smith - UNC Basketball Tradition Is Like Having Cousins In Every CityKenny Smith was a consensus 1st-team All-American guard for the Tar Heels and knows all about UNC's family tradition. ACC Digital Network host Jeff Fischel...
Fri Apr 1, 2016
Roy Williams' suggestion to Dean Smith -- and it worked
Roy Williams remembers his first Final Four trip with UNC, and coach Dean Smith's "whole philosophy was to keep everybody away." That was 1981, Williams'...
Fri Apr 1, 2016
Art’s Angle: Back-To-Back
Carolina’s appearance here marks the 14th time that one Triangle Area college team has followed another to the Final Four the next year. Fourteen times...
Fri Apr 1, 2016
Lucas: The Rule Of Three
No one knows exactly when he first said it. But he most definitely said it. At some point during Dean Smith’s Hall of Fame career,...
Fri Apr 1, 2016