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

Dean Smith proved it's really, really hard to win the NCAA tournament
So what does this prove about Dean Smith, the coach? Nothing. All it proves is that winning the NCAA tournament is really, really hard. For...
Mon Feb 16, 2015

One Maryland fan’s letter from Dean Smith
In the days after his death at 83, there were dozens of stories about Dean Smith’s famous letters. Here’s another one, courtesy of a reader...
Mon Feb 16, 2015

On the Fourth Day in Chapel Hill: A Portrait of a Reeling College Town
The nation’s oldest public university lost Dean Smith last Saturday night. Three days later, on Tuesday, three young Muslims were killed in their apartment near...
Mon Feb 16, 2015

If any college coach was an educator, it was Dean Smith
Dean Smith was an educator if there ever was one. His duty was, first and foremost, to win basketball games, but his actions show he...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

Dean Smith had taste, touch on recruiting trail
When Dean Smith died Feb. 7, the seal was broken on an untold number of stories that had been bottled up by his humility. “I’m...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

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