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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Dean Smith to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 20President Barack Obama on Nov. 20 will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dean Smith and 15 others, the White House announced on Wednesday...
Thu Oct 24, 2013
Brad Frederick Is Back In BlueWhen Brad Frederick graduated from UNC in 1999, his coach, Bill Guthridge, told him: "Go away for a few years, and hopefully you'll have the...
Fri Oct 18, 2013
Coach Calder: Tar Heels Will Fight For Coach Hatchell
A teary-eyed Andrew Calder discussed his assumption of the lead on-court coaching role in lieu of Sylvia Hatchell stepping away for an indefinite period to...
Tue Oct 15, 2013
ACC Basketball in the 1990s: Many fond farewells
The 1990s in ACC basketball were distinguished not so much by what players and coaches did, but by who was — and who wasn’t —...
Mon Oct 14, 2013
ACC in the ’60s: Times of Change
At decade’s end, by which time Dean Smith of North Carolina had wrested supremacy from Duke with three straight conference titles spiked by appearances in...
Mon Oct 14, 2013