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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

Strong Second Half Propels No. 1 Tar Heels Past Cavaliers, 79-69
Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 points, freshman Brandan Wright added 16 and the top-ranked Tar Heels overcame a slow start to beat Virginia 79-69 on Wednesday...

Buzz Peterson Interview: Part One
Peterson played for Dean Smith at UNC where he won a national championship. His roommate in college and his best man in his wedding was...

Early on, Quakers had Tar Heels in upsetting situation
Once upon an era, it was a tradition unlike many others. At some point in the first half, North Carolina coach Dean Smith would send...

Heels find a way to cool off Penn
As the Penn Quakers hit seven of their first eight shots, North Carolina coach Roy Williams, not quite happy with what he was seeing, did...

No. 2 Tar Heels Overpower Quakers, 102-64
The way North Carolina is playing defense lately, its offense doesn't really need to reach triple figures to win games. Then again, these up-tempo Tar...

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