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 remembered for his influence on others away from courtThe sprawling Dean Smith coaching tree is filled with smart men who carried on his punctilious system. How to set a screen. How to signal...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Dean Smith's legacy proven by amazing tree of coaches, players, rivalsDean Smith's death brings to mind the unprecedented impact he had on the sport of basketball and the greater cultural issues surrounding it. Perhaps no...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Video: Roy Williams Press Conference Reflecting on the Passing of Dean Smith
Watch the full press conference as North Carolina head coach Roy Williams reflects on the passing of his former coach, mentor and friend Dean Smith...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Video: Antawn Jamison on Dean Smith's Tar Heel Family
Antawn Jamison is one of the many former players who attribute so much of their success to their legendary coach, Dean Smith. In this piece,...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Fowler: Michael Jordan’s kiss symbolized all Dean Smith meant
The kiss. That is what I remember first when I think about Dean Smith – not the championships, not the Four Corners, not the innovations,...
Sun Feb 8, 2015