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

Bill Guthridge: Basketball Royalty
He played against Oscar Robertson, recruited Michael Jordan and coached with Dean Smith. That is as close to basketball royalty as anyone could come. As...
Wed May 27, 2015

A trying time for Linda Woods, longtime assistant for UNC coaches Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge
One by one, they came up to Linda Woods on Monday at the reception after Bill Guthridge’s funeral and leaned down to give her a...
Wed May 27, 2015

Carolina basketball family unites for Guthridge
The funeral service for former UNC head basketball coach and longtime Tar Heel assistant Bill Guthridge was held on Mondaty afternoon in Chapel Hill. Guthridge,...
Tue May 26, 2015

UNC basketball family comes together again to mourn Bill Guthridge
They were college teammates and former players, longtime colleagues and friends, people who worked alongside him and those who worked for him, all together as...
Tue May 26, 2015

Friends, Family Honor Former UNC Basketball Coach Bill Guthridge
The UNC community has been hit hard this year with the passing of Stuart Scott, Dean Smith and now Bill Guthridge. On Monday friends and...
Mon May 25, 2015

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