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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

Candid Coaches: Who will be better in five years, UNC after Roy Williams or Duke after Coach K?
UNC. Maybe Scheyer could be the best of all time, but it's so reminiscent of UCLA and John Wooden. Wooden was bigger than UCLA. I...

Chansky’s Notebook: ‘Win Your Own State’
I’ll go back to a Dean Smith-ism when he asked fans if they would rather get to the Final Four or beat Duke twice in...

Tar Heels Launch Into Hubert Davis' Inaugural Season
The first game for UNC is still 42 days away, but the Tar Heels open practice Tuesday, as they launch into the 2021-22 season, which...

Roy Williams, John Calipari Comment on UNC's Dean Smith at Hall of Fame Event
On Saturday, several of college basketball's biggest figures gathered in Springfield, Mass. to unveil the Dean Smith bench seat at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall...

NBA Legends Profile: James Worthy
Never was a nickname better suited to a player than James Worthy’s moniker of "Big Game James." By the time he was a ninth grader...

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