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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

Dean and K: Legendary Parallels (Part 5)
Coach K has more wins at Duke than Dean Smith had at UNC in the same amount of time. The Tar Heel coach has a...

Dean and K: Legendary Parallels (Part 3)
For Dean Smith, the 1967 season changed everything. After five years of moderate success, the young coach finally put a powerhouse on the court. Starting...

Hubert Davis: Carolina is good, but not unbeatable
Could Carolina go unbeaten? Is the Tar Heels basketball team on another tier of talent than the rest of the country? These questions...

Dean and K: Legendary Parallels (Part 2)
Dean Smith replaced Frank McGuire after UNC’s 19-4 ACC regular-season championship in 1961. The ‘61 Tar Heels were on a one-year NCAA probation and, because...

Dean and K: Legendary Parallels (Part 1)
The ACC has been blessed by the career accomplishments of two of college basketball’s greatest coaches. From the 1961-62 season and now into 2008-09, North...

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