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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Video: James Worthy UNC FeatureDean Smith and former Tar Heel coaches discuss how they discovered all-time UNC great James Worthy and Worthy's development as a player in this highlight...
Tue Jul 31, 2012
Video: Dean Smith TributeDean Smith, legendary basketball coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, is remembered in this tribute video shown at the 100-Year Basketball celebration in Chapel...
Tue Jul 31, 2012
Man has fond memories of rooming with Michael Jordan
Dean Smith, Michael Jordan and Roy Williams. Arguably the three biggest names associated with the history of North Carolina basketball, and yet one local man...
Tue Jul 24, 2012
How Michael Jordan And Nike Teamed Up To Conquer The World
There was a segment of the basketball population that didn't completely buy into Michael Jordan when he was at North Carolina, where, as common logic...
Thu Jul 12, 2012
And Then There Was the Time Dean Smith Won a Gold Medal
Dean Smith's role as coach of the 1976 Olympic basketball team doesn't get much mention in the annals of Carolina basketball. Part of it is...
Sun Jul 1, 2012