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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People scalped issues of the free UNC student newspaper commemorating Dean SmithOn Monday the UNC’s campus newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, ran an issue with a cover story commemorating legendary basketball coach Dean Smith, who passed...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
Art’s Angle: The Human SideDean Smith believed in racial equality, fought for the nuclear freeze and against the death penalty. But most of the time he respected dissenting opinions...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
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...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
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...
Mon Feb 9, 2015
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...
Mon Feb 9, 2015