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’s historic victory in Winston-Salem
Dean Smith’s last victory in the state of North Carolina came in Winston-Salem. The occasion was the second round of the 1997 NCAA Tournament at...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

Honoring Dean: The Story Behind Chapel Hill’s Newest Mural
Here’s the thing that is so lovely about Chapel Hill. We are a thoughtful community but also one that takes action. Upset about the death...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

UNC player remembers night Dean Smith hanged in effigy
Former North Carolina player Billy Galantai, who ripped down a dummy of Coach Dean Smith hanged in effigy on the UNC campus, never doubted Smith...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

Dean Smith’s wisdom on leading teams
There is an anecdote in The Carolina Way, the leadership book that seems obligatory for any successful coach, in which former University of North Carolina...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

Key moments in Dean Smith’s career
Dean Smith became North Carolina’s coach in 1961 following the departure of Frank McGuire. Although UNC had won the NCAA title in 1957, an NCAA...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

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