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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

Podcast: 3x NBA Champ Scott Williams on Michael Jordan, Dean Smith, Hubert Davis, and more
Scott Williams played four years under Dean Smith at The University of North Carolina. He played for 15 seasons in the NBA, winning three championships...

Familiarity in Structure, Changes in Style For UNC Basketball Under Hubert Davis
Roy Williams built his practice plans on Dean Smith’s approach and Hubert Davis has followed suit, structuring practices in the same format that begins with...

Armando Bacot at the center of a new Carolina approach offensively
Being a big man in the North Carolina basketball program is going to be different starting this season, and junior center Armando Bacot is the...

Lucas: A Women's Sports School
Dean Smith once provided a quote that has come to define Tar Heel women's sports. "This is a women's soccer school. We're just trying to...

In his book, Dean Smith revealed main things Michael Jordan struggled with & how he overcame them
One of the most influential people in Michael Jordan‘s career was his legendary college coach at UNC, the late Dean Smith. Jordan often said it...

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