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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Dean Smith shares in Roy Williams' run to Hall of FameDean Smith still remembers a practice years ago when the Roy Williams-coached junior varsity team at North Carolina frustrated Smith's varsity squad with its stingy...
Thu Sep 6, 2007
Roy Williams praises Tar Heels legend for Hall of Fame successDean Smith, sitting alongside Roy Williams on Wednesday afternoon, continually shook his head. Smith, the legendary men’s basketball coach, agrees with just about everything Williams,...
Thu Sep 6, 2007
Lucas: Hall of Fame Links Smith And Williams Again
For about thirty minutes Wednesday afternoon, the Carolina basketball universe was perfectly in balance. Roy Williams and Dean Smith, together again--1,403 college basketball victories, 985...
Thu Sep 6, 2007
Dean on Roy's induction: It's about time
While North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams braced himself in April for a phone call informing him he was not Hall of Fame ready, his...
Thu Sep 6, 2007
Heels to Hall: Roy Williams Joins Dean Smith
There has always been a strong bond between Roy Williams and Dean Smith. Williams, North Carolina’s current men’s basketball coach, works in the massive arena...
Tue Sep 4, 2007