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

A Basketball Mind in Tune With the Social Fabric
For the longest time, the only thing I knew about Dean Smith was his dreaded four corners offense, the system he popularized as the men’s...
Sun Feb 22, 2015

Every College Coach Should Aspire to Be Like Dean Smith
Winning breeds a fog where all flaws are forgiven. Smart, driven, charismatic coaches deserve our respect, but not outright adulation. We make simply make too...
Sun Feb 22, 2015

Dean Smith’s Pardon Letter for Wilmington Ten Revealed
While 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 say
It 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

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