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

Chansky’s Notebook: Disquieting Defeat
Roy Williams’ mentor had a favorite expression for this. Dean Smith used to preach, “How you start is how you finish.” And despite exciting comebacks...
Wed Dec 23, 2020

Video: Shammond Williams Chats With Charlie Scott
Former UNC guard Shammond Williams sits down with Tar Heel basketball legend Charlie Scott to share his unbelievable story. Charlie was the first black scholarship...
Wed Dec 23, 2020

Kenny Smith Reflects On The Legend Of Coach Dean Smith: ‘It Was Like Playing For Gandhi’
Find you someone who fawns over you the way Kenny Smith fawns over Dean Smith. The North Carolina basketball coach died in February 2015 from...
Sat Dec 19, 2020

Video: Charlie Scott career retrospective and Hall of Fame speech
Boston Celtics champion point and shooting guard Charlie Scott won an NBA title with the Celtics, but he began breaking barriers well before he donned...
Tue Dec 15, 2020

Video: Shammond Williams Chats With Matt Doherty
Former North Carolina basketball player and head coach Matt Doherty joins the Carolina Conversation with Shammond Williams to discuss his time playing and coaching at...
Tue Dec 15, 2020

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