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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 Smith still going strong
On the 10th anniversary of his retirement, Dean Smith is still a busy fellow. In the Smith Center office that Smith shares with Bill Guthridge...

Butch Davis feels little nostalgia for UM
Butch Davis is not a what-if kind of man. If he was, he never would have pursued a coaching comeback in Chapel Hill, N.C., where...

FIBA honors Dean Smith
Former North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, who coached the Tar Heels for 36 seasons and won 879 games and two NCAA championships, was among...

Hiring Williams at Kansas a gamble that paid off
If Roy Williams was an assistant at North Carolina under Dean Smith today, the chances that Williams would have landed the Kansas job are slim...

Roy joins an elite circle
North Carolina is famous for its success in men's basketball, but too many people live under the assumption that it began with Dean Smith being...

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