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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A much-deserved honorDean Smith has a strong sense of right and wrong. A fierce competitor with a love of winning, it was still his moral compass that...
Wed Aug 14, 2013
Roy Williams chips in to help longtime friend Jim Calhoun at coach's Celebrity Golf ClassicIt’s that respect that brought North Carolina coach Roy Williams to town to play in this year’s event for the first time. Williams has known...
Tue Aug 13, 2013
Tudor: It's clear now that Dean Smith retired too early
In retrospect, Dean Smith’s premature exit was a mistake on all fronts. Bill Guthridge was completely content in the role of a lifetime assistant and...
Tue Aug 13, 2013
Phil Ford: Dean Smith ‘treated us fairly’ and ‘cared for all of us’
Triangle Business Journal recently announced that Dean Smith, the former UNC men’s basketball coach who led the Tar Heels from 1961-1997, will receive the Lifetime...
Tue Aug 13, 2013
GoHeels Weekly Primer
Carolina will play three times on ESPN's Big Monday next season. Former head coach Dean Smith won the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday. Lucas...
Mon Aug 12, 2013