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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

UNC's Greatest Basketball Games: Signature NCAA Title in 1993
Dean Smith had recruited the nation’s top class in 1990. With the exception of Clifford Rozier, who transferred to Louisville, that class matured into a...

UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis channels Dean Smith after Tar Heels' loss to Kentucky
UNC coach Hubert Davis channeled Dean Smith on Saturday in Atlanta. Following the ninth-ranked Tar Heels’ 87-83 loss to Kentucky, Davis mentioned how his former...

Chansky’s Notebook: Old Nemesis Returns To Chapel Hill
The senior version of Rick Barnes is still pretty tough. As a young college basketball coach at Clemson, Barnes made a name for himself when...

As UNC Signs Two Top-10 Basketball Recruits, NCAA Title History Worth Recalling
A quick glance at the makeup of UNC Basketball's five more recent national championship teams — two (1982, 1993) under legendary coach Dean Smith, and...

There was a night in 1997 when Bobby Knight walked the streets of Winston-Salem after a loss
As the horde of media converged on Dean Smith’s news conference after the Tar Heels' win over Fairfield, I covered the next game, which was...

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