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

Lucas: Tar Heels Mull Defenses
It was a little stunning at his radio show this week when Roy Williams casually mentioned, "We may play more zone. You've got to find...
Fri Dec 7, 2012

Daugherty liked Majerus because Dean Smith did
Brad Daugherty went on to become an All-American at North Carolina and an NBA all-star while Rick Majerus eventually became a head coach and won...
Tue Dec 4, 2012

Former Tar Heel Phil Ford to Join National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
On Sunday, Phil Ford will join nine others who will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the...
Sat Nov 17, 2012

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...
Sat Nov 10, 2012

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...
Fri Oct 12, 2012

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