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 |
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UNC has basketball date with Belmont AbbeyA date with the defending national champion North Carolina Tar Heels is in store for Belmont Abbey College men’s basketball program in November. School officials...
Tue Jul 28, 2009
Playing 18 holes with Big Ten commish Jim DelanyHe's known as "The Commish" in Big Ten circles, but Jim Delany sometimes sounds more like Tom Izzo or Joe Paterno. Give him a chalkboard...
Sat Jul 25, 2009
ACC Tournament: Smith vs. Hamilton
Perhaps the most innovative coach in the history of the sport, North Carolina’s Dean Smith, takes on Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has made a...
Sat Jul 25, 2009
Will Coach K send Dean a 'thank you' note?
We could all use a solid recommendation from a colleague to land a good job, right? Mike Krzyzewski's gig as head coach of Team...
Sat Jul 25, 2009
The ACC’s Vital Tradition With U.S. Basketball (II of III)
Picking the 12-man roster for the 1976 U.S. Olympic team was controversial. When the team was announced after tryouts on the N.C. State campus in...
Wed Jul 22, 2009