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 To Receive Naismith Sportsmanship AwardLegendary coaches Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski and the late Kay Yow will be honored with the distinguished Dr. James A. Naismith Good Sportsmanship Award in...
Thu May 12, 2011
What's Your Favorite Dean Smith Memory?In honor of the 50th anniversary of Coach Dean Smith's hiring as head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina, Tar Heel Monthly...
Fri May 6, 2011
Woody Durham, “Voice Of The Tar Heels”, Retiring After 40 years
Longtime North Carolina radio play-by-play announcer Woody Durham is retiring after four decades. Durham had been the “Voice of the Tar Heels” since September 1971...
Wed Apr 20, 2011
King Rice could land vacant Monmouth job
King Rice, the starting point guard on Dean Smith's 1991 North Carolina Final Four team, appears to be a leading candidate for the vacant Monmouth...
Tue Mar 29, 2011
A Rivalry of Elites and Sharp Elbows
Bound from their days in the Southern Conference, Kentucky and North Carolina are linked in the record books. And while neither Adolph Rupp of Kentucky...
Sun Mar 27, 2011