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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Dean Smith’s work on display on both sides of regional finalAs North Carolina’s coach for 36 years, Dean Smith retired in 1997 with college basketball’s career record for victories at 879, a mark that since...
Sun Mar 25, 2012
Grudge MatchNorth Carolina and Kansas trotted out offensive juggernauts the last time they played during the 2008 Final Four. This time, the Tar Heels and Jayhawks...
Sat Mar 24, 2012
Top 16 college basketball teams of all time: No. 4 North Carolina (1982)
North Carolina has had a lot of good teams. It has had great ones. But it has never had a group as good as the...
Sat Mar 24, 2012
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...
Thu Mar 8, 2012
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...
Sat Mar 3, 2012