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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Why is this Tar Heels squad so much better?Tyler Zeller sat in the players lounge in the Dean Smith Center on Sunday night – not long after he and his UNC teammates had...
Mon Feb 28, 2011
Observations from UNC-MarylandMaryland coach Gary Williams left a happy birthday message for former Carolina coach Dean Smith before departing the Smith Center. “I just want to say...
Mon Feb 28, 2011
Charlie Scott: 'It was more of a relief I didn't fail'
Charlie Scott accepts his place in history, but he had no intention of becoming the first African-American to earn an athletic scholarship at North Carolina...
Tue Feb 22, 2011
Lee Dedmon enjoys seeing Dean Smith, 40-year NIT title reunion
The guest of honor didn’t make Saturday’s official celebration, but members of the 1971 UNC NIT championship team didn’t mind. Lee Dedmon was a starting...
Sun Feb 20, 2011
Tar Heels welcome back '71 team
North Carolina on Saturday welcomed back members of its 1970-71 team, a collection of players who still stake claim to being Dean Smith’s first national...
Sat Feb 19, 2011