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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
Dean Smith

Recap & Analysis: NC State 58 UNC 46
Forty six points. In the nearly 30 year history of the Dean Smith Center, North Carolina had never scored as few points as the Tar...

Video: Dean Smith Breaks Down 1989 UNC vs NC State Game
In this ACC Hidden Gem, legendary Tar Heels coach Dean Smith breaks down UNC's big win over NC State during an episode of his weekly...

Dean Smith allowed NCCU’s LeVelle Moton into UNC family
LeVelle Moton didn’t play basketball for Dean Smith at North Carolina. Moton’s name was never stitched on the back of a baby blue jersey. His...

Jim Boeheim, Syracuse basketball send North Carolina flowers after Dean Smith's death
Jim Boeheim and the Syracuse basketball team sent North Carolina flowers on Monday in honor of coaching legend Dean Smith who passed away two weeks...

UNC vs NCSU, Part II
Ever since Dean Smith died, there has been a national celebration of the basketball excellence he developed in the ACC. A letdown — and that’s...

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