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

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

From UNC to Hall of Fame under Dean Smith
UNC 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

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