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

Bill Chamberlain, UNC's second black recruit, says Dean Smith championed equality
Bill Chamberlain was the second black player that Dean Smith recruited to UNC, and he played for the Tar Heels at a time when he...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

Lucas: Group Therapy
As anyone knows who has dealt with the death of a loved one, there are times you think you might never laugh again. There are...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

Jeff McInnis Remembers Dean Smith
“He was more than a basketball coach,” said Jeff McInnis, who played for Dean Smith’s North Carolina Tar Heels from 1993-96. “He was just a...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

Humility, attention to detail marked Dean Smith's career, life
As the final seconds of his milestone victory melted away, the capacity crowd rose and chanted his name. Dean Smith was about to become major...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

Dean Smith’s Innovations Included an Early Zeal for Statistical Analysis
For decades, Coach Dean Smith would tell his players how many points they had scored and had allowed per possession. In the 1960s, he began...
Mon Feb 9, 2015

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