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

On the bench with Coach Dean Smith
From 1985 to 1987, Coach Dean Smith entrusted Adam Fleishman ’87 ’91 (M.B.A.) to manage Carolina basketball teams that included Tar Heel greats Kenny Smith,...
Thu Jun 4, 2015

UNC basketball road homecoming games: A brief and incomplete history
And so the tradition of the road homecoming game – one that began, like so many others, under Dean Smith – will continue after something...
Thu Jun 4, 2015

Dean Smith's inherent goodness led to his greatness
Dean Smith had an incredible memory. His players and coaching staff all said that, and he used it for much more than maximizing his team’s...
Mon Jun 1, 2015

Thanks for the Memories: Chapel Hill Magazine Readers Remember Dean Smith
Chapel Hill Magazine readers share their remembrances of - and personal photos with - the late, great Dean Smith. (Pages 10-11 of publication)...
Mon Jun 1, 2015

Honoring Bill Guthridge like 'trying to describe a sunset,' former UNC basketball manager says
Dr. Dan Veazey, a Hendersonville native who served as a basketball manager at UNC under coach Dean Smith and longtime assistant Bill Guthridge, was one...
Fri May 29, 2015

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