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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

North Carolina's win over Virginia Tech was typical of so many victories when Smith was the coach
Dean 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...

Krzyzewski has a love for former rival Smith
Dean 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...

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...

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...

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...

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