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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Bond between Dean Smith, Woody Durham went beyond basketballWoody Durham has called more than 1,800 basketball and football games at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including all but 10 years...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
The Longest Goodbye: Friends, family mourned Dean Smith before his deathThe record will reflect that former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died on Saturday, at age 83. But to the players and assistants he...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
Tom Morris: My Dean Smith Story
We recently lost one of the great masters of basketball and life, former Tar Heel head coach Dean Smith. I don't get to meet many...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
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...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
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...
Wed Feb 11, 2015