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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David Chadwick on Dean Smith: ‘To him, it was always about the team being first.’David Chadwick, player for Smith at UNC from 1968 to 71, senior pastor at Forest Hill Church in Charlotte since 1980 and the author of...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
Dean Smith always wanted his accomplishments to be about someone elseI remember Dean Smith’s handshake. I was a kid, maybe 10 in the mid-1960s, when I met Smith for the first time after a North...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
Charlie Scott's children remember Dean Smith
Simone Scott, a UNC alum, shared a letter and gift that Dean Smith sent when she was born, as well as a photo that includes...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
Shaquille O’Neal: I almost chose UNC over LSU
As tributes for late North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith continue to pour in, former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal revealed Tuesday night on national TV...
Thu Feb 12, 2015
Dean Smith made everyone feel like they mattered
I like to think this is what made Dean Smith so special. He used his amazing powers of recall and applied them equally to everyone...
Thu Feb 12, 2015