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

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

An appreciation of Dean’s Smith’s life
Dean Smith wasn’t just innovative on the court. He was the first coach to insist that his seniors be recognized prior to their last home...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

Video: Dean Smith's Life Story
879 wins, 13 ACC championships, 11 Final Fours, 2 National Titles. Those are the numbers that define Dean Smith's basketball career. But they hardly define...
Sun Feb 8, 2015

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