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

Chansky’s Notebook: Big Easy Again?
How UNC’s emotional victory over Duke will play out is debatable. The Tar Heels are facing a deep and talented team that could outrun or...
Mon Apr 4, 2022

Tar Heels, Jayhawks enter NCAA title tilt with common roots
Among those coached by basketball's inventor, Dr. James Naismith, who famously tacked up those peach baskets at the Springfield YMCA, was an irascible youngster named...
Mon Apr 4, 2022

UNC and Kansas are family, not rivals
UNC and Kansas are not rivals. They compete in different conferences, have met only 11 times, and reside over 1,000 miles apart. But the combatants...
Sun Apr 3, 2022

Dean Smith's Impact Evident in Tar Heels' 2022 Final Four Run
If you're the type to believe in omens, the UNC men's basketball team playing at New Orleans' Superdome in the 2022 Final Four is promising...
Thu Mar 31, 2022

Forty years after Jordan's shot, UNC looks to create new memories in New Orleans
Michael Jordan’s game-winning shot against Georgetown in 1982 brought home Dean Smith’s first of two national championships and allowed UNC to gain the recognition it...
Thu Mar 31, 2022

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