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

Michael Jordan to help shape U.S. basketball team
Dean Smith, Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are among the who's-who of basketball who agreed Thursday to help choose the men's...
Fri Jun 3, 2005

Activist: Smith walks softly, carries big social conscience
Dean Smith has always taken strong stands for social justice, since his first years at Chapel Hill when he and others dined out with black...
Sun May 15, 2005

Players Deserve No Blame for Early Exits to NBA
Dean Smith had the best philosophy about players giving up their eligibility early to enter the NBA draft. He pointed out if any other student...
Fri May 6, 2005

Leaving early never an easy college choice
Dean Smith still likes to tell people with a fond chuckle about the manager he once had who "went hardship" and wound up on the...
Sun May 1, 2005

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