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

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...
Thu Sep 13, 2007

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...
Wed Sep 12, 2007

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...
Sun Sep 9, 2007

From RDU to the Hall
The saga of Roy Williams will be well-documented by the conclusion of the weekend. Many will report on his induction, noting his record, but stroll...
Fri Sep 7, 2007

Roy Williams ready for Hall's call
Roy Williams braced himself in April for a phone call informing him he was not Hall of Fame ready, while his mentor Dean Smith wondered...
Thu Sep 6, 2007

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