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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Woody Durham, “Voice Of The Tar Heels”, Retiring After 40 yearsLongtime 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 jobKing 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
Sweet 16 preview: Marquette vs. UNC
The two programs have met four times before, but Marquette has only won once. It was a doozy. In 1977, legendary coach Al McGuire beat...
Fri Mar 25, 2011
Dean Smith's fading memory is a hard loss to handle
It is impossible to see North Carolina on the front of a basketball jersey and not think of the architect of the program. The Tar...
Fri Mar 25, 2011