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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

Lucas: Missing Coach Smith
So, sixteen years after he retired, what did Dean Smith teach us? Point to the passer. Seniors first. What to do with a mistake: recognize...

Dean Smith Retired 16 Years Ago Today
This is one of the "where were you?" moments for Tar Heel fans everywhere. A few months after breaking Adolph Rupp's all-time win mark and...

Lucas: Green All Over
Dean Smith famously used to calm his teams with the advice that a billion people in China had no idea the game was even being...

Dean Smith, beyond the Medal of Freedom
Dean Smith recruited UNC's first black scholarship athlete, a basketball player named Charles Scott, who said years later that one thing he liked about Smith...

Dean Smith receives TBJ lifetime achievement award for diversity efforts
Triangle Business Journal’s inaugural Leaders in Diversity Awards featured former UNC men’s basketball coach Dean Smith, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Although...

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