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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

Dean Smith: The extraordinary man
Dean Smith is 81 and his family says he suffers from a “progressive neurocognitive disorder.” He has good days and bad in terms of memory...

Bozich: Thank The Tar Heels For Taking Georgia's Spot
North Carolina football is coming to town Saturday. Before the neck-twisting starts, here are two words that everybody from the University of Louisville should say...

Defense put Bobby Jones on 1972 Olympic basketball team
One day, while in summer school at the University of North Carolina, Bobby Jones was tracked down by Tar Heels coach Dean Smith. "Coach Smith...

Hubert Davis comes back to coach at UNC
Dean Smith said he wasn’t good enough. An assistant coach had to suggest that Hubert Davis had the talent to play basketball at North Carolina,...

Walter Davis Auctioning ’76 Gold Medal
Have you always wanted an Olympic gold medal but don’t have an ounce of athleticism? Here’s your chance to get one. Former Tar Heel standout...

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