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

UNC honors two title anniversaries
The loudest applause from the capacity crowd Saturday in the Dean Smith Center wasn't for the current crop of Tar Heels. Yes, North Carolina gave...
Sun Feb 11, 2007

A Tar Heel moment for the ages
At the end of a long blue line of North Carolina basketball royalty Saturday afternoon, Dean Smith was about to be introduced. Just before the...
Sun Feb 11, 2007

UNC stages a worthy tribute to '57, '82 title teams
Halftime was the best time Saturday. More than 21,700 fans stayed in their Smith Center seats, admiring and applauding North Carolina's 1957 and 1982 national...
Sun Feb 11, 2007

Nostalgia: The halftime ceremony was day's highlight
No basketball player remains forever young, but North Carolina players saw yesterday how youthful exploits can live forever. The 1957 national champions and 1982 national...
Sun Feb 11, 2007

'82 Heels dominant from start
From the first bounce of the ball in mid-October until the final "Shot" in late March, North Carolina's 1982 team flashed the components of a...
Sat Feb 10, 2007

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