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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

Former Tar Heel players, other basketball coaches fill private Dean Smith funeral
Inside the Chapel Hill church where Dean Smith had a regular seat on the back row, family, friends and former players gathered privately Thursday to...

Dean Smith represented the best of the ACC and UNC
Dean Smith did not put ACC basketball or the University of North Carolina on the map. Instead Smith, who died on Saturday night, three weeks...

Video: Roy Williams Press Conference Recap - Pittsburgh
Roy Williams discusses the Tar Heels' first game after the loss of Coach Dean Smith and Desmond Hubert's career-ending injury. Nate Britt talks about Pittsburgh's...

There'll Never Be Another Dean Smith
Whenever someone of historical prominence dies, particularly someone of the stature of Dean Smith, who died Saturday night at the age of 83, there is...

UNC's Stretch Run Underway
The final three weeks of No. 12 North Carolina’s 2014-15 regular season includes four road trips and a pair of home tilts against rivals N.C...

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