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

Rusty Clark to introduce Joe Brown at Burke Sports HOF induction
Former UNC basketball standout Franklin “Rusty” Clark will introduce his ex-teammate, Valdese native Joe Brown, when Brown is inducted into the Burke County Sports Hall...
Tue Apr 17, 2012

Q&A: James Worthy talks '82 NCAA title game and March Madness
The 30th anniversary of one of college basketball's landmark games has arrived. Three years after Magic Johnson beat Larry Bird, and a year before N.C...
Mon Apr 2, 2012

UNC basketball coaches bond forged from loyalty, triumph
It was the day before North Carolina left for St. Louis, for the NCAA tournament Midwest regional, and Bill Guthridge was in his office at...
Sat Mar 31, 2012

Dean Smith's 1993 title run proved a point
It’s safe to say New Orleans has a special place in the heart of former UNC coach Dean Smith. This is the city where the...
Thu Mar 29, 2012

When UNC and Georgetown had their March coming-out party
The cavernous Superdome in New Orleans welcomed 61,612 fans, then the largest ever college basketball crowd, to watch Georgetown University play the University of North...
Wed Mar 28, 2012

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