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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Top NCAA football-basketball coaching combos5. 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 whiteThe 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
Kenny Smith on special relationship with Dean Smith (video)
Kenny Smith talks about the special relationship legendary coach Dean Smith had with his student-athletes...
Sat Mar 28, 2015
Kuester, Shaver touched by gesture from Dean Smith
John Kuester and his wife, Tricia, stopped at their mailbox Thursday afternoon in Cary, N.C. That’s when they saw what Kuester called "something very special...
Sat Mar 28, 2015