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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Recent wave of sports deaths all too real for Sam PerkinsThe calls have become disturbingly normal. Too many times this year, Sam Perkins has answered his phone, learned of a death from his basketball past...
Fri Mar 20, 2015
Tar Heels’ run is fitting this yearYet here is UNC on the cusp of a championship game that will be played one month and one week since Dean Smith died. The...
Sat Mar 14, 2015
A walk down ACC memory lane with Dean Smith, Jim Valvano, and Mike Krzyzewski (video)
It's a sports-themed 1980s promo from WRAL-TV of Raleigh in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Come for the bad hair and Lee Greenwood wearing...
Fri Mar 13, 2015
Art’s Angle: In The Zone
The absolutely coolest thing occurred at halftime of the UNC-Louisville game when the Coliseum showed a tribute to Dean Smith that most UNC fans have...
Fri Mar 13, 2015
Video: Dean Smith Painting Focus of Amazing Halftime Show
Dan Dunn, creator of "Paint Jam" brings his act to the ACC Tournament to paint a picture of the late Dean Smith. Check out Dunn's...
Fri Mar 13, 2015