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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Roy Williams EnduresWhat 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 coachNorth 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
Guthridge never sought the spotlight
The voice was a little weak but the eyes were bright and his wit as sharp as ever that May day in 2013. Bill Guthridge...
Thu May 14, 2015
Bill Guthridge: 'Perfect sidekick to Coach Smith'
The man who never needed the spotlight died Tuesday night in Chapel Hill. Bill Guthridge was an assistant coach at North Carolina under Dean Smith...
Thu May 14, 2015
What they’re saying about the late Bill Guthridge
The late Dean Smith may have been the face of North Carolina basketball from 1961-97. But for the final three decades of that unprecedented run...
Wed May 13, 2015