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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Good, Bad, and Ugly Report: UNC vs. CharlotteThere’s a reason Dean Smith would not play non-conference in-state schools. Smith’s opinion reportedly was that if you win, you did what you were supposed...
Sun Sep 7, 2025
How a former NASCAR executive with deep Chapel Hill ties plans to move UNC athletics forwardSteve Newmark grew up in Chapel Hill surrounded by North Carolina athletics leaders. He was close with the family of UNC’s former athletics director, Dick...
Sun Aug 31, 2025
SLAM releases a special edition magazine for the UNC basketball program
Fans of North Carolina basketball are going to love this newly-released edition of SLAM Magazine. SLAM Presents UNC is a special edition magazine that celebrates...
Tue Aug 26, 2025
Former UNC basketball standout Bill Chamberlain dies at 75
Bill Chamberlain, the second Black player recruited by the late Dean Smith to play basketball at UNC, has died. He was 75. Chamberlain, a 6-foot-6...
Tue Jul 15, 2025
What Happened: Did UCLA Prevent a Dominant Era for UNC Basketball?
UNC returned to the Final Four in 1972 for the fourth time in six years, further shaping North Carolina under Dean Smith as an elite...
Sat Jul 12, 2025