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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

Dean Smith's legacy proven by amazing tree of coaches, players, rivals
Dean 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...

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...

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,...

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,...

A man of honor: Competitive, irascible Dean Smith strove to do right
The more history one lives through, the better able they are to understand it. Born in 1952, I’ve lived through plenty. Dean Smith was 39...

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