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

Video: Bill Guthridge's legacy at Chapel Hill
ESPN.com reporter C.L. Brown discusses how Bill Guthridge will be remembered, as well as his friendship and working relationship with Dean Smith...
Wed May 13, 2015

Guthridge was more than loyal to Dean Smith
Roy Williams called Bill Guthridge the “perfect sidekick” for Dean Smith. “The book on loyalty and friendship was written by Coach Guthridge,” Phil Ford said...
Wed May 13, 2015

Tar Heels would run "through a brick wall" for Guthridge
Bill Guthridge was Dean Smith's right-hand man, a loyal assistant who had opportunities to go and run his own program but remained in Chapel Hill...
Wed May 13, 2015

Longtime UNC coach Bill Guthridge will be remembered for loyalty, decency
As always, Bill Guthridge has followed Dean Smith. Guthridge, the beloved former assistant coach to Smith for 30 years at North Carolina, died Tuesday night...
Wed May 13, 2015

Lucas: The Quiet Competitor
Bill Guthridge was consistently portrayed as a quiet gentleman. The picture most Tar Heel fans will have of him is sitting slightly behind Dean Smith,...
Wed May 13, 2015

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