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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Bobby Cremins: North Carolina's Roy Williams deserves more credit for scheduling generosityDean Smith’s philosophy was to avoid playing non-conference games against in-state opponents, but Roy Williams doesn’t mind them as long as the games are in...
Sun Nov 13, 2011
The implausible attempt to rank UNC’s point guardsMirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greatest point guard of them all? That’s a popular question in Chapel Hill, where the Tar Heels...
Fri Nov 11, 2011
USS Carl Vinson is a go for North Carolina - Michigan State game
In front of a Pacific sunset and with waves breaking nearby, UNC will start its basketball season and drive for a sixth national championship. North...
Fri Nov 11, 2011
Michael Jordan's Arrival
Today, Michael Jordan is an icon. But in the early summer of 1980, “Mike” Jordan was just another young basketball player—his promise discerned by just...
Mon Nov 7, 2011
Larry Brown shares vast knowledge
Larry Brown will be the featured speaker at Harvard coach Tommy Amaker’s clinic on Sunday, and the arrangement seems vaguely sacrilegious. Since when does Dean...
Fri Oct 28, 2011