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 Supports John EdwardsUNC grad John Edwards' birthday party in Raleigh, N.C., will have all the North Carolina fixings: a pig roast, pie — and the former Tar...
Sun Jun 10, 2007
Phil Ford added as assistant by Charlotte BobcatsPhil Ford, a former point guard at the University of North Carolina, was named an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats yesterday. Ford led the...
Fri Jun 8, 2007
Somewhere, next coach is developing
"Good coaches somehow know a way to find other good coaches," Pete Brennan said. "Frank McGuire found Dean Smith, and then Dean found Bill Guthridge...
Fri May 18, 2007
A Dean's Tribute
Dean Smith did not seek fame or personal recognition during his time as head coach of North Carolina's men's basketball team, but 10 years after...
Tue May 15, 2007
Former UNC basketball captain Jim Hudock dies at 67
Jim Hudock was a captain on Dean Smith's first North Carolina basketball team in 1961-62, and he exuded the qualities his Hall of Fame coach...
Tue May 15, 2007