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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Growing up to appreciate Dean Smith's greatnessIn 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
From UNC to Hall of Fame under Dean SmithUNC has honored the jerseys of 35 former players in the rafters at the Dean E. Smith Center. Among that group, five who played for...
Mon Feb 16, 2015
Dean Smith crafted championship culture
Long before "branding" became essential, you could spot North Carolina's basketball team a thousand miles away. The Tar Heels of Dean Smith were a law...
Mon Feb 16, 2015
Dean Smith, Jerry Tarkanian, and the murkiness of right and wrong in college basketball
In an era where basketball coaches are now reminded early and often that they aren't employed to be spokespeople for their universities on social issues,...
Mon Feb 16, 2015
Short takes on Dean Smith
For a period in the 1990s, Dean Smith pledged to eat healthy foods. He had one weakness, though, and Chris Leevy Johnson, a team manager...
Mon Feb 16, 2015