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 wouldn't change his ways for today's freshmen
Dean Smith’s teams were not designed to depend on how fast the freshman class could develop, although the opportunity was always there for freshmen to...
Tue Feb 10, 2015

Tyler Zeller: Dean Smith’s Death ‘Great Loss’ For UNC And For Basketball
“I actually got to spend some time with (Dean Smith) early on in my college career,” Tyler Zeller said before Tuesday’s practice. “He’s a great...
Tue Feb 10, 2015

Video: Dean Smith Introduces Roy Williams to ACC Fans on "The Dean Smith Show" (1988)
Roy Williams spent ten years as a key assistant on Dean Smith's staff. In this ACC Hidden Gem we travel back to February of 1988...
Tue Feb 10, 2015

Georgetown legend John Thompson on Dean Smith: 'I loved him'
Upon news Dean Smith's passing Saturday, notables from around the world of basketball and elsewhere shared their feelings of the man who led the Tar...
Tue Feb 10, 2015

Larry Brown feels loss of Dean Smith: ‘He’s meant everything to me’
When Roy Williams called Larry Brown on Sunday to make sure he knew about Dean Smith’s death, they talked about the impact of their late...
Tue Feb 10, 2015

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