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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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
North Carolina blue with passing of legendary Dean Smith
Guess who Dean Smith had to beat in order to get to his first Final Four? Bob Cousy. Yup, the team in North Carolina’s way...
Tue Feb 10, 2015
Roy Williams joins The David Glenn Show to talk Dean Smith
An assistant under Dean Smith in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Roy Williams himself has repeatedly said over the years that his goal as UNC’s head...
Tue Feb 10, 2015