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

When Dean Smith stood up for Bear Bryant
Sports Illustrated's Frank Deford visited The N&O recently and spoke warmly of Dean Smith, the former UNC basketball coach. But Deford, in town to promote...
Fri Jun 15, 2012

UNC national champion walk-on Travis Stephenson also Big Rock winner
Travis Stephenson was a walk-on for UNC’s 1993 NCAA national title basketball team coached by Dean Smith. More than two decades later Stephenson, 42, is...
Thu Jun 14, 2012

Dean Smith Was Once Fratastic
For decades, the college basketball world has collectively wondered: "Did Dean Smith attend frat parties during his time at Kansas? And if he did, what...
Wed Jun 13, 2012

Is UNC the nation's top basketball job?
In 2012, the differences in job desirability between UNC and Kentucky -- or UNC and Syracuse, or any other two jobs on this top 10...
Thu Jun 7, 2012

Mark Isley: Behind the Scenes of UNC Athletics
If you want the inside story on Michael Jordan’s practice habits, what is was like to work for Dean Smith or just to learn...
Fri May 18, 2012

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