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

Art’s Angle: Tradition, Tradition
UNC in 2024 is reminding us more and more of some Dean Smith teams, particularly when the going gets tough by making an 18-point turnaround...
Sun Mar 3, 2024

Born & Bred: The Quintessential Comeback
Walter Davis was in the wrong place. Today is the 50th anniversary of UNC's incredible eight points in 17 seconds comeback against Duke on March...
Sat Mar 2, 2024

Video: IC Podcast - Dean Smith, the early years
Greg Barnes and Tommy Ashley of Inside Carolina host author Ron Smith. Smith's new book, The Tar Heels, Vol. 2, documents the first decade of...
Wed Feb 28, 2024

Lefty Driesell was a character, a comic and an all-time great coach
Lefty Driesell’s greatest rival — and nemesis — was North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith. Years ago, when the NCAA was considering adding...
Wed Feb 21, 2024

Hall of Fame basketball coach Lefty Driesell dies at 92
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Charles Grice "Lefty" Driesell, who won 786 career games while leading four different Division I schools to 100 victories,...
Sat Feb 17, 2024

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