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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
Dean Smith

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...

Observations from UNC-Maryland
Maryland coach Gary Williams left a happy birthday message for former Carolina coach Dean Smith before departing the Smith Center. “I just want to say...

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...

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...

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...

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