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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A Credible Saint: How Dean Smith Became North Carolina's Moral CompassSoon after I returned to Chapel Hill , I had arranged to visit with Dean Smith, the former North Carolina head coach. I dressed up...
Tue Feb 10, 2015
Dean Smith: 83 years of caring and giving, a legacy of selflessnessEach time Larry Brown encountered someone in North Carolina's vast basketball fraternity this season, he spoke of the importance of a large gathering of former...
Tue Feb 10, 2015
Video: Stories That Shaped Dean Smith's UNC Career
Over the years, Dean Smith showed he was more than a coach; he was a teacher, mentor, and for some, he was like a second...
Tue Feb 10, 2015
Roy Williams Continues To Live By Dean Smith’s Example
Monday night, 48 hours removed from the death of UNC legend Dean Smith, Tar Heel coach Roy Williams continued to remember his close friend and...
Tue Feb 10, 2015
Dean Smith provided the ultimate assist to longtime assistant Bill Guthridge
To his players, the first sign – the only sign, really – that something was different in the fall of 1997 was this: Dean Smith,...
Tue Feb 10, 2015