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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Steve Hale remembers Dean SmithAll those wins. The 11 Final Four appearances and two national titles. The mastermind behind the revolutionary "four-corner" offense. North Carolina's Dean Smith is a...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
Dean Smith's essence lives in all aspects of Tar Heel life, and will alwaysOn the morning Dean Smith's death was announced, the sun rose and illuminated a rare, unseasonably warm mid-February day filled with cloudless blue skies. Some...
Fri Feb 13, 2015
Remembering Dean Smith’s first game, and a lifetime of excellence
It was Dec. 2, 1961. North Carolina’s Tar Heels had just won their home opener, defeating Virginia 80-46. The Tar Heels’ new coach, Dean Smith,...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
High Point Coach Scott Cherry: "Maybe Coach Smith was with me tonight"
High Point University men’s basketball coach Scott Cherry thought his coach and mentor, Dean Smith, was looking down on him Wednesday night. Having rallied from...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
Art’s Angle: 10-40 Years Ago
Monumental events often make me go back in time to recall what was happening 10, 20, 30 years ago. The passing of Dean Smith, whose...
Thu Feb 12, 2015