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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

In good hands
Four weeks ago, Jim Delany reminisced about his days as a college basketball player for North Carolina. He started only a few games for Dean...

Laettner's mom was not a fan of Duke
UNC fans, get ready for this, because your entire worldview is about to explode. Christian Laettner was almost a Tar Heel. Sure, Laettner always wanted...

Eric Montross hosts Father's Day basketball camp
Some fathers and their children spent time on the court Saturday with a familiar UNC basketball alum. Eric Montross, from the 1993 NCAA men's national...

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...

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...

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