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

Williams rules Tar Heel nation
In 36 years Dean Smith won two national titles as head coach of the University of North Carolina. Roy Williams has duplicated that in just six...
Wed Apr 8, 2009

Lee Pace: RAMblings 4.7.09 - Franklin Street Frolic
At long last, I finally experience Franklin Street first-hand as the Tar Heels win a national basketball title. In 1977, I was a sophomore at...
Wed Apr 8, 2009

Circle of coaching greats must include Roy Williams
To Roy Williams, comparing him to Dean Smith is fighting words. “Roy Williams and Dean Smith don’t fit in the same sentence,” Williams said. “I’m...
Wed Apr 8, 2009

Michael Jordan speaks on title
Since he didn't do it when North Carolina won the 2005 national championship in St. Louis, Michael Jordan did not plan to speak to the...
Tue Apr 7, 2009

Dean Smith enjoys title game
Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith didn't make the trip to Detroit, but he liked what he saw the Tar Heels do from afar...
Tue Apr 7, 2009

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