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

Obama praises Dean Smith at White House ceremony
President Barack Obama had high praise for former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith on Wednesday, honoring the Tar Heels coach for his courage off...
Wed Nov 20, 2013

Dean Smith Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday. Smith's wife, Linnea...
Wed Nov 20, 2013

Storify: Presidential Medal Of Freedom Ceremony
On November 20th, President Obama awarded 16 Americans the nation's highest civilian honor at the White House. President Obama: "Dean Smith is one of the...
Wed Nov 20, 2013

Dean Smith by the numbers
Before Dean Smith ever coached a game at the University of North Carolina, he was a player on the 1952 Kansas Jayhawks team. That team...
Wed Nov 20, 2013

Thad: Remarkable Leadership
The fundamental building block of Dean Smith’s contribution to American society as a public figure is his role as a teacher, the way he shaped...
Wed Nov 20, 2013

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