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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 Supports John Edwards
UNC grad John Edwards' birthday party in Raleigh, N.C., will have all the North Carolina fixings: a pig roast, pie — and the former Tar...

Phil Ford added as assistant by Charlotte Bobcats
Phil Ford, a former point guard at the University of North Carolina, was named an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats yesterday. Ford led the...

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...

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...

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...

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