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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

Rick Duckett enjoyed return to bench
Rick Duckett is out of coaching for the second straight season, an unusual position for someone who was in the coaching fraternity for 29 years,...

Video: Opening of the Smith Center
A video clip featuring the opening of the Dean Smith Center in which Paul Cameron of the ACC Sports Center interviews then-Chancellor Christopher...

Jacobs: In-Season Interlude
North Carolina men's basketball differs from programs at most schools in its continuity of bench leadership. As a result, Tar Heel scheduling tends toward a...

Future Tar Heels P.J. Hairston, James McAdoo to face off in Chapel Hill
North Carolina fans will have the opportunity to get an up-close look at future Tar Heels P.J. Hairston of Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va.,...

Tigers hope to seize shot at breaking infamous streak at North Carolina
Three years ago, the feeling of disappointment permeated Clemson’s locker room in the Dean Smith Center. It was a feeling of anger. Of opportunity lost...

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