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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Roy Williams: A Career Defined by LoyaltyIn a burgeoning college basketball industry with multi-million dollar coaching contracts, one-and-done players utilizing college programs as pitstop to the NBA and coming changes in...
Mon Apr 5, 2021
Art’s Angle: The ‘Real’ RoyNeeding spending money at UNC, Roy Williams officiated intramural games. In grad school, he made $5 a day chasing balls at soccer practices, then reffing...
Mon Apr 5, 2021
A look back at Roy Williams’ greatest moments with UNC
Roy Williams will forever be associated with North Carolina basketball, right up there alongside Dean Smith. In his 18-year run as head basketball coach at...
Mon Apr 5, 2021
Making The Case For Hubert Davis
Hubert Davis is a Tar Heel and, for me, that is important. The Carolina Family is a basketball tradition, and that speaks to why UNC...
Sun Apr 4, 2021
Michael Jordan reacts to Roy Williams retirement: 'He meant so much to basketball'
Before Roy Williams became head coach for the Jayhawks, he was an assistant under Dean Smith at North Carolina for a decade. It was there...
Sat Apr 3, 2021