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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

UNC begins growing process with win
UNC must replace four players that were selected in the first round of last summer's NBA draft. On Friday, it defeated Gardner-Webb, 76-59, in its...

Ex-Tar Heel Donald Williams hopes to embody Dean Smith
Donald Williams, 39, is two decades removed from winning the 1993 NCAA basketball championship as a starting guard for North Carolina, and still he finds...

First Person: Inked in Carolina
Chris Moore's tattoo sleeve took eight sessions to complete. It started out with just a Tar Heel foot about two years ago. Moore and his...

Compilation: Dean Smith Retirement Memories
Fifteen years ago today, Dean Smith announced his retirement and shocked the Carolina fan base. He had just piloted the 1996-97 squad from 0-3 in...

George Karl To Speak At Cancer Fundraiser
Denver Nuggets coach, two-time cancer survivor and UNC basketball alumnus George Karl will join the speaker lineup at the eighth annual Fast Break Against Cancer...

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