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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Pistons acquisition of Rasheed Wallace shook the NBA – and brought another banner to DetroitNobody could have known for sure how emphatically Rasheed Wallace completed the Pistons. The ace Joe Dumars held in his pocket was Larry Brown, whose...
Wed Jun 10, 2020
UNC's George Lynch on What Made Dean Smith GreatGeorge Lynch played at UNC from 1989-1993, capping his college career as a leader and starter on Carolina's 1993 National Championship team. Lynch played under...
Tue Jun 9, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 23 - 1996-97
Sitting at 0-3 in the ACC and trailing N.C. State at home with just a few minutes left to play, the 1996-97 Tar Heels were...
Sun Jun 7, 2020
Vince Carter retiring means no more Dean Smith-coached players in NBA
From 1998-2020, Vince Carter played for eight different NBA teams, made eight NBA All-Star games and was an All-NBA selection twice. But his retirement also...
Sun Jun 7, 2020
Top 30 UNC Basketball Teams Of All-Time: No. 24 - 1966-67
Dean Smith's vision of how a basketball team should be constructed and perform was on display in UNC's 1966-67 club. It was talented. Larry Miller...
Sat Jun 6, 2020