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: Roy Williams Prepares Players For Life Post-Basketball
From his days on the freshman team at UNC, to his long path back to Chapel Hill, Roy Williams has strived to live up to...
Fri Mar 6, 2015

‘The right thing to do’
A lifelong Tar Heels basketball fan, Julie Dalton Loos knew she wanted to be connected to the UNC basketball program when she arrived in Chapel...
Fri Mar 6, 2015

Scott Cherry recalls mentor Dean Smith
Tournament time is the most popular part of college basketball season. When the lights are the brightest it can seem like every shot is life...
Thu Mar 5, 2015

Sportswrap Vault: 1981, Dean Smith vs. Lefty Driesell (video)
With the recent passing of legendary basketball coach Dean Smith, we felt this was a good time to dig into the vault and look for...
Thu Mar 5, 2015

Former Kansas senator initiates Topeka High scholarship fund to honor Dean Smith
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a high school classmate of the late college basketball coaching legend Dean Smith, has established a scholarship fund to honor Smith’s...
Tue Mar 3, 2015

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