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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Audio: Who Were the Best Tar Heels During the Dean Smith Era?The Triangle beat reporter for the Athletic joined The Final Drive With Josh Parcell show to discuss a recent draft they did to determine the...
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 10 - 1997-98The 1997-98 team had chemistry like few Carolina teams when the right five were on the court, for which Bill Guthridge deserves a lot of...
Mon Jun 22, 2020
Tar Heel Firsts: UNC’s First Basketball Olympian
Larry Brown was a first-team All-ACC player for Dean Smith’s second North Carolina team in 1962-63. At 14.2 points per game, he was the second...
Sun Jun 21, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 12 - 1971-72
Dean Smith broke from his policy of not bringing in junior college transfers prior to the 1971-72 season because he had a major need in...
Fri Jun 19, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 15 - 1945-46
The 1945-46 UNC basketball team is very interesting. Playing before nearly 19,000 at the old Madison Square Garden 15 years before Dean Smith became the...
Tue Jun 16, 2020