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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Former UNC walkon Joe Jenkins talks about Coach SmithOut of 14 players, seven were McDonald’s All-Americans on the 1987-88 North Carolina men’s basketball team. The remaining seven who didn’t earn such acclaim were...
Tue Feb 17, 2015
UNC Announces Fund to Honor Coach SmithUNC, in consultation with the family of the late former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith, has announced the creation of the Dean E. Smith Opening...
Tue Feb 17, 2015
Kevin Madden remembers Dean Smith
Dean Smith's basketball reach circled the globe, and Staunton is one of the places the iconic former University of North Carolina head coach touched —...
Tue Feb 17, 2015
'Thank you' never meant so much
My routine at the time was to wait outside their locker room at Carmichael Auditorium for the players to arrive for practice and grab whoever...
Tue Feb 17, 2015
Growing up to appreciate Dean Smith's greatness
In his memoir, Smith recounted that his father told him to "value each human being." Dean Smith made the basketball world, and his father, proud...
Tue Feb 17, 2015