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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

Art’s Angle: The Human Side
Dean Smith believed in racial equality, fought for the nuclear freeze and against the death penalty. But most of the time he respected dissenting opinions...

Monday Roy Williams Quotes
Roy Williams: "[Dean Smith] was very calm. He always wanted to be prepared. He felt like being prepared allowed you to be confident and calm...

Everything I ever needed to know, I learned from Dean Smith
I have a 14-year-old daughter. That means for the last two-plus years, the phrase “not fair” has been heard in our house. Nothing is fair...

Dean Smith: Life Of A Legend (video)
Former University of North Carolina head men's basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday night in Chapel Hill, according to the UNC-Chapel Hill Athletics Department. The...

Dean Smith and Golf
Legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith took his competitive fire to the golf course as well, molding Roy Williams into the man on – and...

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