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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

Tar Heels to play Wildcats today
The game will be the first of four between the programs, with next year's game set for Tucson. North Carolina and Arizona have played each...

Fasten your seatbelts
In recent days, the Tar Heels have won games while committing 25 and 23 turnovers, respectively. In the school of Dean Smith, no one taught...

The New Blue Heaven Standing Test Of Time
The Dean Smith Center has now sat in the southern-most point of campus for more than 20 years, taken for granted as the Tar Heels'...

Dean Smith: A reluctant namesake
Nearly everyone involved with the project wanted to name the building after UNC men's basketball coach Dean Smith. Never a self promoter and always promoting...

Center of attention
More people, less noise So with twice as many fans filling the Smith Center on a regular basis, why was Carmichael a louder place to...

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