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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Chansky’s Notebook: Clear in Rear ViewFor Tar Heel loyalists, time really flies. You have to be at least 50 years old to have any meaningful memories of the fabled 1982...
Tue Jan 24, 2023
Video: UNC basketball honors 1993 national championship team at halftime of NC State gameGeorge Lynch, Eric Montross, Dante Calabria and more members of North Carolina basketball's 1993 national championship-winning team welcomed back to Chapel Hill. UNC defeated Michigan...
Mon Jan 23, 2023
UNC Basketball to honor 1993 national championship team against NC State
UNC Basketball will honor the 1993 national championship team in a halftime ceremony Saturday during the Tar Heels’ game against NC State. It’s the 30-year...
Sat Jan 21, 2023
Roy Williams, the “first person to discover Michael Jordan,” describes how UNC reacted to MJ
Michael Jordan fans know that he played for UNC, and most of them credit Dean Smith as the man who first mentored MJ. But apparently,...
Mon Jan 2, 2023
Pitt coach Jeff Capel finds North Carolina 'fascinating' in preparing for ACC home opener
Dating to his playing days at Duke, Jeff Capel is familiar with the UNC basketball program, so the Pitt coach marvels at how much the...
Thu Dec 29, 2022