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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Recruiting Roundup: Brandon Ingram, Jaylen BrownBrandon Ingram visited both North Carolina and Duke on Saturday. The 6-foot-9 Ingram, ranked 12th in the country by ESPN.com, saw both teams win their...
Sat Feb 21, 2015
UNC's bounce-back win a mixed bag worthy of celebration, criticismUNC honored Dean Smith with a moment of silence on Saturday, and UNC’s 89-60 rout of Georgia Tech included another well-conceived tribute to Smith. Once...
Sat Feb 21, 2015
At home, a huge win for UNC
They came to the house Dean Smith built, or perhaps the house built for him. And in their first game back in Chapel Hill since...
Sat Feb 21, 2015
Dean Would Be Smiling: UNC runs Four Corners, rips Tech
Roy Williams held up for fingers, just like Dean Smith, his mentor, used to do when he was coaching the Tar Heels. And then Williams’...
Sat Feb 21, 2015
North Carolina honoring Dean Smith through its play
As much as North Carolina coach Roy Williams shared stories with his current players about the man and coach who was Dean Smith, he’s never...
Sat Feb 21, 2015