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

Goodbye, and thank you
In both of my experiences in Chapel Hill, I have met so many wonderful people that I cannot possibly name them all. Many are readers...
Wed Apr 14, 2010

The pioneers of Carolina basketball
High in the rafters of the Dean Smith Center hang the jerseys of 43 former UNC basketball players who, over the 100 years of basketball...
Wed Apr 14, 2010

Duke keeping pace with UNC in title hunt
Duke is doing its part to keep pace in its arms race on Tobacco Road. The Blue Devils play Butler tonight in the national championship...
Mon Apr 5, 2010

The last time UNC won the NIT
In 1971, Richard Nixon was president, the United States was involved in a massively unpopular war in Vietnam and on March 27, North Carolina beat...
Tue Mar 30, 2010

Coach K continues following a path similar to UNC coaching legend
Many ACC basketball historians have often discussed the uncanny similarities of the career paths taken by former North Carolina legendary coach Dean Smith and current...
Mon Mar 29, 2010

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