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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UNC fan's raffle prize swiped at a fundraiserSusan Worley is a rabid Carolina fan, so when she had the chance to buy a $2 raffle ticket to win a basketball autographed by...
Sat Apr 22, 2006
Excerpt from TOBACCO ROAD: DUKE, CAROLINA, N.C. STATE, WAKE FOREST, AND THE HISTORY OF THE MOST INTENorth Carolina was not about to take Duke's emergence lightly. Dean Smith had fought off similar challenges in the past, overcoming Frank Mc-Guire's great Roche-Riker...
Sat Apr 15, 2006
Well-Heeled: Dean Smith's legacy influences Patriots
The Tar Heels will not be playing in the Final Four this weekend, but George Mason, the team that knocked it out of the tournament,...
Wed Mar 29, 2006
1981 NCAA FINAL FOUR BROUGHT RARE ACC CLASH
UNC led 39-37 when Wood went on what coach Dean Smith later called a "virtuoso performance," an offensive rampage rarely equaled in NCAA Tournament annals...
Tue Mar 28, 2006
Scott Cherry helps George Mason plan now
Scott Cherry often educates George Mason's players on the lessons he learned under former coach Dean Smith at North Carolina from 1989-93. Cherry preaches Smith's...
Sun Mar 19, 2006