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

Which is the greatest UNC basketball team ever?
Maybe it’s unfair. Maybe wrong. Even stupid. A bit like comparing Château Mouton Rothschild ’49 to 1964 Dom Pérignon. Or a Giotto panel to a...
Sat Jul 30, 2005

Familiar faces will be few in UNC-Illini rematch
The combatants for the 2004-05 national championship will reconvene in Chapel Hill, N.C., next season. But will anyone recognize the participants? A game between Illinois...
Thu Jun 30, 2005

Eric Montross' Lifetime Commitment
The Eric Montross Father’s Day Basketball Camp has become a rich tradition at UNC as dads and their kids hit the Dean Smith Center for...
Mon Jun 20, 2005

Tar Heels schedule UC-Santa Barbara for 2005-06 season
The Tar Heels will face UCSB at the Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill on November 25, the day after Thanksgiving. The Gauchos are definitely...
Thu Jun 16, 2005

Larry Brown is no Dean Smith
After winning that NBA title a season ago, Larry Brown had a chance to reshape his legacy for the history books. He had a chance...
Sat Jun 4, 2005

< Back

Next >