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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North Carolina's win over Virginia Tech was typical of so many victories when Smith was the coachDean Smith heard the roars one more time yesterday. During halftime of the UNC’s ACC semifinal, as the public-address announcer presented a full lineup of...
Sun Mar 16, 2008
Krzyzewski has a love for former rival SmithDean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski stood on opposite sides of college basketball's ultimate holy war for all those years, raging in that beautiful never-ending drama...
Sat Mar 15, 2008
Noting Florida State-UNC
As the clock ran under minute and UNC held the ball, Tar Heels coach Roy Williams motioned Tyler Hansbrough over to the bench. With the...
Sat Mar 15, 2008
Rick Barnes went jaw-to-jaw with legend
On the same night Rick Barnes went jaw-to-jaw with North Carolina coach Dean Smith during the game, Buckner delivered a defining moment in Clemson's basketball...
Thu Mar 13, 2008
Scott and Smith gave new look to Tobacco Road
I remember talking to Dean Smith about Charlie Scott nearly 25 years after Scott became the first African-American scholarship athlete at the University of North...
Thu Mar 6, 2008