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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Dean Smith ensures all will have seat at tableJ.R. Reid celebrated his 47th birthday Tuesday by taking his $200 check and gathering his family and friends at Aberdeen Barn, a Virginia Beach steakhouse...
Thu Apr 2, 2015
Dean Smith’s last playThe late Dean Smith did so much to burnish the often blemished image of big-time college athletics, he is remembered so justly for his personification...
Thu Apr 2, 2015
Top NCAA football-basketball coaching combos
5. Dean Smith and Mack Brown; School: North Carolina; Overlap: 1988-97; Smith coached Michael Jordan on the court and fought for racial equality off of...
Wed Apr 1, 2015
A tribute in black and white
The recent passing of Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith hit groundskeeper Lance Long hard. He had always admired Smith not just as a coach,...
Tue Mar 31, 2015
No, Dean Smith's gift is not an NCAA violation
A report from Forbes published on Saturday questioned whether the NCAA might find Dean Smith's legacy gift to former players a violation. Wait, what? That's...
Sun Mar 29, 2015