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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Billy Packer Q&A: Remembering Michael Jordan and the 1982 Final FourWhat are the first memories that jump out about the 1982 Final Four? Packer: The tournament was great. And then, to have a dome stadium,...
Fri Apr 8, 2022
The Carolina-Duke rivalry reaches new heightsThe stands of the Dean Smith Center steadily filled with a sea of people dressed in Carolina Blue on Saturday night as fans gathered in...
Thu Apr 7, 2022
Podcast: The unintentional 'retirement tour' Roy Williams deserved
Roy Williams, following the lead of his mentor Dean Smith, was not interested in the fanfare or public adulation that would come with some sort...
Wed Apr 6, 2022
Chansky’s Notebook: The Day After
A fourth straight loss to Dean Smith’s alma mater came only 48 hours after the Tar Heels defeated Duke and sent Coach K into retirement...
Wed Apr 6, 2022
Big-time North Carolina-Kansas matchup may be decided by big-time bigs
So of course the reduction of this quartet to a couple presents to us a championship game through which the very origin of the sport...
Mon Apr 4, 2022