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

Jacobs: ’79 Duke-UNC basketball game and the seven-point first half
Sometimes what doesn’t happen speaks more eloquently than what does. Certainly that was true when Dean Smith, a master at manipulating the rules, led his...
Thu Feb 20, 2014

How The Tar Heels Learned To RISE Above Crisis
For 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 Journey
When 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

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