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

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

Joe Posnanski: New to Charlotte in 1981, I chose UNC and Dean Smith
He was aware as a basketball coach. He was aware as a family man. He was aware as an American. There’s an expression we often...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

Lee Dedmon, Dudley Bradley, and Pete Budko Reflect On Dean Smith
Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith's legacy goes far beyond his win-loss record, and far beyond Chapel Hill, N.C. And he was no stranger...
Sun Feb 15, 2015

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