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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The coaching tree from Naismith to PopovichThis 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 SmithThe 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
Art’s Angle: What Has Changed?
Rashad McCants’ sweeping allegations are hard to believe. Tar Heels under Dean Smith and Roy Williams had their own academic advisor and tutors, from the...
Tue Jun 10, 2014
Forgotten champions from sports history: UNC's not-so-Fab-Five
Quick, name the starters for UNC's 1993 championship over Michigan? Two? How about one? These Tar Heels won the school's third championship, second under Dean...
Tue Jun 3, 2014