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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
Dean Smith

North Carolina's 'Big 4' programs dealing with early struggles
UNC fans aren't feeling great, obviously. The Tar Heels (10-6) are losers of three straight and are 0-3 in the ACC for the first time...

Read Dean Smith's recruitment letter to Michael Jordan
Following an at-home recruiting visit with one high school basketball stud Michael Jordan in August 1980, North Carolina coach Dean Smith sent his future star...

No. 2 Syracuse cruises past floundering UNC
No. 2 Syracuse beat North Carolina 57-45 Saturday in an ACC marquee matchup. Syracuse (16-0, 3-0) evened its all-time record against the North Carolina (10-6,...

Will the stress of UNC’s mounting woes cause Roy Williams to walk away?
We hear players say it all the time: “When the game is no longer fun, that’s when it’s time to walk away.” But it’s a...

Michael Jordan recruiting letters found in storage locker up for auction
A storage locker bought by a man in North Carolina has never been featured on a popular television reality show, but its contents, including some...

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