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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Scott Cherry recalls mentor Dean SmithTournament 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
Willie Cooper's story as UNC's first black basketball player began in Elm City
The story of Willie Cooper Jr. neither begins nor ends with him becoming the first black basketball player at the University of North Carolina at...
Fri Feb 27, 2015
Tar Heels’ basketball fading as ACC, national power?
This is Blue Heaven, where Dean Smith built a program of unparalleled success that went 37 consecutive years without finishing outside the ACC’s top three,...
Fri Feb 27, 2015