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's Legacy Continues to Live on in Today's CoachesDean Smith's last game as a college basketball coach was in 1997 when his North Carolina team fell to eventual national champion Arizona in the...
Wed Jun 25, 2014
Calipari: Dean Smith was the original players-first coachWhen I went to Dean Smith’s basketball camp as a counselor and began to work for Larry Brown, who played and coached under Dean Smith,...
Sun Jun 22, 2014
The coaching tree from Naismith to Popovich
This graphic via Reddit shows how to trace the professional lineage of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's coaching tree all the way back to the inventor...
Tue Jun 17, 2014
Video: The Life and Legacy of Dean Smith
The class of '64 witnessed the beginning of Dean Smith's head coaching career, the legacy and impact of which still reaches far and wide today...
Sun Jun 15, 2014
A Conversation With NBA Great James Worthy
James Worthy: "Dean Smith is where it all started for me. He really laid the platform for how to play the game, how to approach...
Sun Jun 15, 2014