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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Dean Smith was just as advertisedTerrence Newby, who played on Dean Smith's final team at UNC, said Monday that everything mentioned in the past few days about perhaps the greatest...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
Read The Letter Dean Smith Sent To Michael Jordan After His Sophomore Season (photo)Dean Smith accomplished so much on and off the court during his time as North Carolina’s coach, leaving a lasting influence both on the game...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
College basketball fans remember Dean Smith with the perfect story
When the death of legendary North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith was announced, a story from a 2014 John Feinstein column began making the rounds...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
Pace: The View From The Bench
Two former Tar Heel basketball managers several years ago queried their fellow managers from the coaching regimes of Dean Smith and Bill Guthridge for anecdotes...
Wed Feb 11, 2015
Mick Mixon: Dean Smith And Me
Dean Smith understood human nature. He comingled pride and humility better than any coach in any team sport. He comingled the strident belief in a...
Wed Feb 11, 2015