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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

Hot dish: Boss Hog's feeds Tar Heels coaches
Billy Tripp, who cooks up ribs, barbecue and chicken at Greenville's Boss Hog's Backyard Barbecue, recently fed his Down East specialties to two of his...

North Carolina Basketball Museum Set To Open
Inside, Carolina fans will find an astounding collection of UNC artifacts, ranging from game balls to national championship trophies to letters from Dean Smith to...

It's a Heel of a museum
When Dean Smith found out the NCAA did not supply enough watches to his team from the 1982 Final Four, the former North Carolina coach...

It's all about the 'want-to'
Dean Smith always hated it when players were quoted as saying one team wanted it more than the other. Smith may have been right. He...

Dean Smith has problems after surgery
Now the Hall of Fame coach, who will be 77 next month, Dean Smith is trying to stage another comeback -- from physical problems after...

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