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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For this teacher and former UNC basketball student manager, Dean Smith's legacy is realMost people would probably consider student manager of a college basketball team a thankless job, associating it with sweaty towels and locker rooms. But for...
Fri Feb 20, 2015
Kevin Salvadori, Dante Calabria remember Dean SmithKevin Salvadori was a college basketball fan without a favorite when Dean Smith started recruiting him to North Carolina. “I knew Carolina had a great...
Fri Feb 20, 2015
You should know more about Dean Smith
Dean Smith was never like the other coaches. He attended the University of Kansas on an academic scholarship and majored in mathematics. He was a...
Fri Feb 20, 2015
Thousands expected at Dean Smith memorial Sunday
The public is invited to a memorial service for Dean Smith Sunday at 2 p.m. at the basketball arena named in his honor. Smith, who...
Fri Feb 20, 2015
Dean Smith an irreplaceable treasure
The year was 1994. Having barely lost to 3rd District U.S. Congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd two years earlier, Zach Wamp decided to again run for the...
Fri Feb 20, 2015