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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How The Tar Heels Learned To RISE Above CrisisFor the Tar Heels, the solution to their academic-athletic problems would come in the way of a new operational framework named RISE (Responsibility, Innovation, Service,...
Thu Feb 20, 2014
Art’s Angle: Unfathomable JourneyWhen you think about the millions of rags-to-riches stories in American history, there may not be a journey quite like that of Mike Krzyzewski. Yes,...
Wed Feb 19, 2014
Familiar ref provides ECU coach Jeff Lebo with a college flashback
The profile was familiar. So was the steely look in his eyes. Scott Smith is the spitting image of his famous father, North Carolina coach...
Tue Feb 18, 2014
Going to Carolina in my mind
Twenty one years later, their recollections of the national championship at UNC remain vivid, from plays Dean Smith designed to lessons learned. Not that Kevin...
Mon Feb 17, 2014
Lucas: Calling Time
This is a column about Roy Williams and timeouts, which is not a particularly unique topic. There have been plenty of stories about Carolina's head...
Sat Feb 15, 2014