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 service Thursday, with public memorial Feb. 22 at Smith CenterThe University of North Carolina will celebrate the life of Coach Dean Smith during a public memorial service at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, in...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
Jeff Lebo remembers mentorWhen Jeff Lebo saw that Roy Williams was calling, he knew the North Carolina coach was not ringing him up to deliver good news. After...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
What Dean Smith Meant to Me
I never actually met Dean Smith. A miscommunicated word likely kept me from being a basketball manager and thus part of the UNC basketball family...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
Obama: Dean Smith always did it with grace and dignity
Speaking with David Glenn on 99.9 The Fan ESPN Radio Monday, President Barack Obama said that Dean Smith was one of the greatest coaches of...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
Goodbye, Coach Smith
Opening the door, I spotted the man. The man I had seen on sidelines every Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon. The man who had finally...
Mon Feb 9, 2015