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

Turner's Take: For Jason
The familiar sounds of bouncing basketballs, squeaking shoes and screeching whistles echoed through the Dean Smith Center Saturday morning. Lindy Clark watched from the concourse...
Mon Jun 22, 2015

A look back at 1976 UNC basketball
Dean Smith was the U.S. Olympic basketball coach and four of his players - Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Tommy LaGarde, and Mitch Kupchak - made...
Tue Jun 16, 2015

David Chadwick, pastor and former UNC player, on his new book about Dean Smith
David Chadwick played for Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1968-71, back in the relatively early portion of Smith’s tenure at UNC. Now, more than...
Fri Jun 12, 2015

NC House Honors Dean Smith
The North Carolina House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution honoring the life of Dean Smith on Wednesday. Coach Smith’s wife Linnea and daughter Kristen...
Thu Jun 11, 2015

NC lawmakers honor Tar Heel legend Dean Smith
Legislators in both North Carolina’s House and the Senate honored the life and legacy of the late Dean Smith Wednesday. The former men’s basketball coach...
Wed Jun 10, 2015

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