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: ReflectionsThe best recollections of Dean Smith come from those he interacted with - players and coaches - throughout his transcendent career and life. Inside Carolina...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
From Naismith to Jordan to Simmons, Dean Smith's basketball legacy will never passHe was a member of the game’s royal family, not a matter of blood but association. Dean Smith learned the game from the man who...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Video: Former Players Remember Coach Dean Smith
Former Tar Heel players Eric Montross, Phil Ford, Hubert Davis and current player Marcus Paige speak about their thoughts on the passing of legendary Carolina...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Carolina community mourns Dean Smith
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mourns the death of Dean Smith, Carolina’s beloved and admired basketball coach from 1961 to 1997. He...
Sun Feb 8, 2015
Legacy Of A Lifetime
Marcus Paige only met Dean Smith once. By the time Paige was a Tar Heel freshman, Smith was battling a progressive neurocognitive disorder and...
Sun Feb 8, 2015