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

Experience, Instincts Took Over For Hubert Davis At End Of Regulation Against Baylor
When his North Carolina team limped to the bench after blowing a 25-point lead against Baylor, Hubert Davis needed to say something positive. Davis may...
Wed Mar 23, 2022

Selection Sunday Brings Unusual Mix To ACC, UNC, Wake Forest, Others
Among 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 shift
Dean 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

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