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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

Vince Carter: Dean Smith didn't like the limelight (video)
The Dan Patrick Show: Vince Carter joins the show to discuss if he ever felt bad dunking on anyone throughout his career, how he was...

Sylvia Hatchell recalls Dean Smith’s influence
Dean Smith is the reason UNC women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell wound up literally sitting where he sat to think about ways his players both...

The lessons of Dean Smith
After my story on Dean Smith ran this past March, I got an email from Kenny Dennard. Dennard started as a freshman on Duke's 1978...

Dean Smith's influence felt strongly at UNC
The final season guard Hubert Davis played in the NBA was with the Detroit Pistons, who were in town to play against Michael Jordan during...

The night Dean Smith broke the rules on race in Chapel Hill
James Forbes was at a conference of pastors Sunday in Virginia when he got a call from his brother. "Have you heard the news?" his...

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