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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One Last Gift From Coach SmithSam Perkins: "I got back in town this week and saw the $200 check from Coach Dean Smith in the mail. Actually, I’m looking at...
Thu Apr 2, 2015
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 play
The 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