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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

Roy Williams on the Huddle that Lead to Michael Jordan's Iconic '82 Shot
Roy Williams: "I thought the entire year we were going to win the (1982) national championship, I thought we were the best team. I never...

Greatest Games: Stunned Silence (UNC-NCSU, 1979)
Dean Smith’s club made the short trip to Raleigh minus a starter. Point guard Dave Colescott injured an eye in the Duke win. Jimmy Black...

Podcast: The Throwback - Dudley Bradley Steals a Win for the Tar Heels
Today, we go back to January 1979 in Reynolds Coliseum. Author Thad Williamson, UNC statistician emeritus Freddie Kiger, and Joey Powell of Inside Carolina break...

Video: Roy Williams interview
Listen to Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams join The Herd to detail his experience coaching Michael Jordan at UNC when Williams was an assistant...

In ‘The Last Dance,’ Roy Williams emerges as the keeper of Michael Jordan’s UNC legacy
As the third and fourth episodes of “The Last Dance” air Sunday night, Michael Jordan’s story moves on. But it was impossible to start telling...

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