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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Dean Smith’s Pardon Letter for Wilmington Ten RevealedWhile many know of how Dean Smith recruited Charlie Scott as the first African-American to play ACC basketball in the ‘60’s, it has never been...
Sun Feb 22, 2015
Dean Smith’s gift: ‘He made you feel special,’ rival coaches sayIt was halftime, and Les Robinson’s East Tennessee State team was getting drilled by the North Carolina Tar Heels, slogging its way to a 118-65...
Sun Feb 22, 2015
Coach Smith - Rivalry & Respect
My sports marketing career began in Charlottesville at UVA in the late-70s. That's where I became one of those ABC fans - anybody but Carolina...
Sun Feb 22, 2015
Thank you, Dean Smith
Dean Smith would have disliked this column. He would have politely urged me not to bother. He would have suggested a dozen topics he found...
Sun Feb 22, 2015
Strelow: Sharing my favorite Dean Smith memory
Dean Smith always appreciated an assist. Among his many innovations, Smith is credited with inventing the practice of pointing to the passer after an assisted...
Sun Feb 22, 2015