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

Book Excerpt: Light Blue Reign
The 1968 season began just after Pat McGuire lost her battle to cancer in September, and Dean Smith was among the hundreds attending her funeral...
Tue Oct 13, 2009

Dean Smith attempted to integrate high school basketball
In fall 1949, Topeka High School Trojan player Dean Smith asked principal Buck Weaver to combine the [black and white] teams, but Weaver, who worried...
Sun Oct 11, 2009

Dissecting Sagarin's all-time college basketball rankings
2. North Carolina: The Tar Heels are Kentucky without the scandals. They have achieved decades of excellence under a variety of coaches, having won titles...
Mon Oct 5, 2009

Harrison Barnes Diary: UNC visit
The UNC alumni game was that weekend, so before the game I got to get up a few shots with the players. We ate, and...
Fri Oct 2, 2009

Former Tar Heel Dante Calabria in town for camp at Waddell
Former North Carolina basketball player Dante Calabria was known for his low-cut sneakers. When he plays nowadays, he still wears them. Calabria, 35, will be...
Wed Sep 23, 2009

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