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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Mike O'Koren: ACC Legends Class 2013Looking back, what are the main things you took away from playing for Dean Smith? Mike O'Koren: "You learned to be unselfish, you learned to...
Tue Feb 26, 2013
Marcus Paige, Tar Heels earn paybackThe chant inside the Dean Smith Center on Saturday sounded familiar to N.C. State. The timing was off just a little bit. In the Wolfpack’s...
Sat Feb 23, 2013
Be sure to give Dean Smith some credit for Jordan’s success
“Tex Winter always credited Dean Smith because Jordan first played in a tightly run system at North Carolina,” Lazenby told ProBasketballTalk. “If he hadn’t done...
Sat Feb 16, 2013
Michael Jordan's legacy began with one single, fateful shot
Mike Jordan and I both arrived in Chapel Hill among UNC's class of 1985. Yes, he was Mike then. But Tar Heel coach Dean Smith,...
Fri Feb 15, 2013
Dean Smith's memory fading, but not his record
Dean Smith's office still has the lights on. The name is still on the desk, with mementos on the wall and pictures of his grandchildren...
Mon Feb 11, 2013