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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Obama: Dean Smith always did it with grace and dignitySpeaking 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 SmithOpening 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
People scalped issues of the free UNC student newspaper commemorating Dean Smith
On 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 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...
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