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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There will never be another Bill GuthridgeBill Guthridge was not Dean Smith. What made him so valuable to the North Carolina Tar Heels was that he never tried to be. Smith’s...
Thu May 14, 2015
Monmouth's King Rice reflects on passing of UNC's Bill GuthridgeWhen Monmouth head coach King Rice, a UNC standout at point guard from 1987-1991, checked his phone after practice Wednesday morning, he found a wave...
Thu May 14, 2015
Bill Guthridge never sought the spotlight
As Bill Guthridge once said in an interview, “I never particularly liked being in the spotlight.” Guthridge, who died Tuesday night at 77, spent nearly...
Thu May 14, 2015
Roy Williams Endures
What a year it has been for Roy Williams. On Tuesday, former UNC head coach and longtime assistant Bill Guthridge died of heart failure. Guthridge,...
Thu May 14, 2015
Tar Heels mourn loss of another beloved former basketball coach
North Carolina has lost a second treasured men’s basketball coach in relatively short order with the death of Bill Guthridge, the decades-long assistant coach and...
Thu May 14, 2015