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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Selection Sunday Brings Unusual Mix To ACC, UNC, Wake Forest, OthersAmong the four lowest-seeded UNC basketball teams, two made the Sweet 16, and one advanced to the national semifinals. Legendary UNC coach Dean Smith led...
Mon Mar 14, 2022
As Coach K’s exit nears, the storied UNC-Duke rivalry prepares for a seismic shiftDean Smith was already the czar when Mike Krzyzewski arrived, and the pair battled for two decades. Roy Williams settled in as the successor in...
Sat Mar 12, 2022
Book Excerpt: Nineteen Eighty-Two
Steven Leventhal is writing Nineteen Eighty-Two: An Incredible Year In Chapel Hill, the journey of a college senior. Detailed in this excerpt from the "February...
Thu Mar 10, 2022
Davis gives players more insights on opponents than he got playing for Dean Smith
Current North Carolina basketball players are exposed to much more information about opponents than they got in the days when Coach Hubert Davis was playing...
Tue Mar 8, 2022
Dean Smith got the best of Coach K, then he got the best from him
In a way, Mike Krzyzewski has become what Dean Smith was, but “I don’t want to say it that way,” he said, “because nobody can...
Fri Mar 4, 2022