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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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 SmithDean 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
Bob Seymour, Sylvia Hatchell and others remember Dean Smith (audio)
Thoughts, stories, and memories are still coming in honoring of the late legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith...
Fri Feb 20, 2015