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 |
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15 Inspiring Stories About Dean Smith That Prove He Was Much More Than Just 'Michael Jordan's Coach'This week the entire basketball world is mourning the recent passing of legendary University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith, a man who taught the...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
Former Tar Heel players, other basketball coaches fill private Dean Smith funeralInside the Chapel Hill church where Dean Smith had a regular seat on the back row, family, friends and former players gathered privately Thursday to...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
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...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
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...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
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...
Fri Feb 13, 2015