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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Lucas: Top 2014 Moments (Part Two)In a continuation of yesterday's post, here are the next five on our list of the top ten moments of the 2013-14 basketball season. 4...
Fri Mar 28, 2014
From Dean Smith to Gregg Popovich, Larry Brown has extensive tiesLarry Brown, 73, has had a long coaching career, and in that time, he's grown quite the coaching tree. Take a look at the people...
Tue Mar 18, 2014
Former Topeka mayor to honor Dean Smith with plaque at Topeka High
Former Topeka mayor Bill Bunten is spearheading an effort to place a memorial to his friend, 83-year-old legendary college basketball coach Dean Smith, at Topeka...
Tue Mar 18, 2014
UNC coach Roy Williams weathered the storm
Before January, the last time UNC started 0-3 in the ACC was 1997. Dean Smith led the Tar Heels to the Final Four that season...
Thu Mar 13, 2014
David Thompson, Phil Ford and parity made 1975 an ACC Tournament to remember
Dean Smith told me once he considered “Four Corners” as just part of the game in college basketball’s pre-shot-clock era. But he did admit, when...
Thu Mar 13, 2014