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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Coaching AdaptationRoy Williams will be the first to admit that playing a small lineup is uncomfortable for him. It’s not his preference. The 10th-year UNC head...
Fri Mar 22, 2013
UNC headed to Kansas City for NCAAsDean Smith and Bill Guthridge both guided eight-seeded North Carolina to upsets of No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament. Now Roy Williams hopes to...
Mon Mar 18, 2013
Brewer: ACC Quarterfinal Flashback
March 8, 1985 - Joe Wolf scored North Carolina's last six points of regulation and the sixth-ranked Tar Heels went on to defeat Wake Forest...
Sat Mar 16, 2013
NCAA Tournament at 75: Ranking the Champions
6. North Carolina, 1982 James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Michael Jordan. Does much more need to be written? The junior-sophomore-freshman trio combined to give coach...
Thu Mar 14, 2013
Tudor: UNC's Williams deserves coach of year consideration
Ol' Roy may never match Dean Smith's reputation for creativity and innovation. Even in what is certain to be one of the most erratic NCAA...
Fri Mar 8, 2013