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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Tar Heels finally look like the team we thought they would beThere’s a video that’s played on the big screens at the Smith Center before every North Carolina basketball team. It features Tar Heels from the...
Mon Dec 12, 2022
Heels Well Aware Last ACC Title Was When ‘Lawrence Taylor Was Here’To put into perspective the last time UNC won an ACC football title, a little digging is required: Jimmy Carter was still president; “Lady”...
Sat Dec 3, 2022
Tyler Nickel Fitting In At Blue Blood UNC
Tyler Nickel sometimes still finds himself in awe as part of one of college basketball’s true blue blood programs. He plays in an arena named...
Tue Nov 22, 2022
Roy Williams opens up about Michael Jordan, Dean Smith, Duke, and why he retired
Roy Williams is probably a well-known name to you and to most sports fans. What you won’t know, however, is all the stories Williams tells...
Wed Nov 16, 2022
Four coaches who replaced college basketball royalty
Not even Joe B. Hall or Gene Bartow faced Bill Guthridge’s challenge — coaching his first season in a building named after the guy he...
Tue Nov 1, 2022