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

Former UNC basketball coach Dean Smith honored in Jordan shoe collection
Former UNC men's basketball head coach, Dean Smith, is honored with a pair of sneakers releasing this year in the Jordan Series collection. The Jordan...
Wed Aug 18, 2021

How a Makhtar N'Diaye Joke Spurred Michael Jordan Into Dominating a UNC Practice
Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest competitor in the history of sports, made a career of teaching detractors a lesson. He taught UNC center Makhtar N'Diaye...
Sun Aug 15, 2021

UNC Basketball Legend Phil Ford Celebrated in New Brand
For the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, the USA men’s basketball team was coming off a controversial loss to the Soviet Union four years prior...
Tue Aug 10, 2021

Chansky’s Notebook: No. 1, Not Done
Year No. 1 has helped UNC become No. 1 in almost every decade. In 1971, Dean Smith won the ACC regular season with a team...
Thu Aug 5, 2021

August 3, 1961: Dean Smith promoted to head coach at North Carolina
Born in Emporia Kansas, Dean Smith was the son of public school teachers. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1953 and served as...
Tue Aug 3, 2021

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