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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

Marcus Paige, Tar Heels earn payback
The 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...

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...

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,...

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...

Duke fans, Republicans support Presidential Medal of Freedom for Dean Smith
PPP's annual poll on the UNC/Duke rivalry finds that 73% of North Carolinians think that Barack Obama should honor former UNC coach Dean Smith with...

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