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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

Happy 47th to TNT's Kenny Smith
There was life for Kenny Smith prior to TNT. Before he and Charles Barkley became foils for each other and the target of Ernie Johnson...

Teel Time: Duke's Krzyzewski calls UNCs Tyler Zeller ACC Player of the Year
Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski bleed different shades of blue. Williams obsesses over golf, Krzyzewski couldn’t be bothered. Krzyzewski apprenticed under Bob Knight, Williams under...

Kuiper’s 3-Pointer: UNC-Maryland
It was all North Carolina in this game. Maryland did not catch the Tar Heels looking ahead to their big match-up at Duke Saturday. It...

Senior Spotlight
Anyone who believes North Carolina will overlook Maryland on Wednesday in this season's final home game does not understand the importance of "senior night" at...

On his 81st birthday, a look at UNC legend Dean Smith
Today marks UNC basketball coach Dean Smith’s 81st birthday. Smith coached the Tar Heels for 36 years prior to his retirement in 1997. During that...

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