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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

UNC Greats Phil Ford, Mitch Kupchak Ecstatic with Family Hire
Like Hubert Davis, Phil Ford played basketball under Dean Smith and believes the new hire meets the criteria set forth by the Hall of Fame...

Charlie Scott on UNC's hiring of Hubert Davis, the way he would use today's student-athlete platform
Charlie Scott, now 72 and living in Atlanta, was recruited by Dean Smith and thrust into the focus of racism that permeated in opposition to...

Hubert Davis' Course Laced With Basketball Royalty
Hubert Davis is a Carolina guy through and through. But his basketball DNA isn’t limited to just Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge, and Roy Williams. Davis...

All In The Family
Anyone that has ever doubted the Carolina basketball family is a living, breathing organism capable of surviving just about anything, might want to think again...

The 15 Best Teams That Did Not Win the NCAA Tournament
5. 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels (28–3, 14–0 ACC): On paper, this was Dean Smith's most talented team. National player of the year Michael Jordan,...

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