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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Respect, discipline among lessons from Dean's officeTwo and a half years have passed since we last saw Dean Smith in public. He was honored at the 2011 Naismith Awards in Raleigh...
Tue Nov 19, 2013
Dean Smith’s courageBill Guthridge struggles to put his feelings into words. Every week, he sees his longtime friend and former boss in the office, as he has...
Tue Nov 19, 2013
Coach Smith’s Big Day: Tar Heel Legend to Receive Pres. Medal of Freedom
Legendary Tar Heel basketball coach Dean Smith is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Wednesday. President Barack Obama will present the honor to...
Tue Nov 19, 2013
Jacobs: Dean Smith More Than A Coach
Dean Smith was very much a humanitarian. And, in a profession in which prominence is often converted to financial advantage and little else, he also...
Tue Nov 19, 2013
UNC won't be good until or unless it gets its full roster active
You can put the players in those iconic blue uniforms, let them walk out of the home locker room at the Dean Smith Center, and...
Sun Nov 17, 2013