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 Tributes
Former Tar Heel head coach Dean Smith died on Saturday February 7, 2015, at age 83. Here's a sampling of the widespread reaction online...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

Carolina Icon Dean Smith Dies At 83
Dean Smith, the legendary coach of UNC Men’s Basketball team, has passed away at age 83. Smith led the Tar Heels for more than three...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

Sports world and beyond remember Dean Smith
From former players and coaches to rivals and even politicians, people took to social media Sunday to remember the legendary Dean Smith after his passing...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

Legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith passes away
The son of Baptist schoolteachers, raised in the railroading town of Emporia, Kansas, Dean Smith played positions -- quarterback, point guard, catcher -- in high...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

Dean Smith, legendary former North Carolina coach, dies at 83
Born in Kansas, Dean Smith’s lineage traced a direct line from from the game’s inventor, James Naismith, through Phog Allen in his career at the...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

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