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: Fantasy ‘Campers’I am beginning to think that UNC basketball coach Hubert Davis is a combination of his Hall of Fame predecessors Dean Smith and Roy Williams...
Fri Jul 8, 2022
Michael Jordan headlines UNC basketball's all-time starting five, per Kenny SmithMichael Jordan is the obvious pick to headline UNC basketball's all-time starting five, according to former Tar Heels All-American Kenny Smith, who recently revealed his...
Thu Jul 7, 2022
During ‘other’ 1982 championship run, Michael Jordan led USA Basketball past Yugoslavia
Michael Jordan’s iconic shot against Georgetown 40 years ago that gave North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith his first NCAA title wasn’t the only championship...
Wed Jul 6, 2022
Antawn Jamison discusses what made Dean Smith more than just a basketball coach
Back in 2020, former UNC star Antawn Jamison touched on what made Dean Smith a greater man than basketball coach. "It was more than about...
Sun Jul 3, 2022
The important legacy of Lennie Rosenbluth
1957. That was the year Frank McGuire, Lennie Rosenbluth, and the rest of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball roster went undefeated, including a...
Fri Jul 1, 2022