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

Dean Smith is a North Carolina icon. In his native Emporia, Kansas, he remains an ideal
In time, Dean Smith became Carolina basketball, molding and shaping his program to reflect his character and values. He became a North Carolina icon and...
Sun Nov 10, 2024

From Dean Smith to Roy Williams and beyond: UNC, Kansas basketball share storied history
There was always a symmetry between UNC and Kansas to Roy Williams’ basketball journey. He is a native of North Carolina who learned a lot...
Fri Nov 8, 2024

No. 9 Tar Heels visit No. 1 Kansas in only second on-campus showdown between college hoops titans
It’s hard to call any series between basketball programs a rivalry when they’ve met just 12 times. Hard to call North Carolina-Kansas anything else, though...
Fri Nov 8, 2024

From Dean Smith to Roy Williams, UNC basketball's history with Kansas is 'rare and unique'
Roughly 1,080 miles separate the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. and Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. Despite the distance between the home...
Thu Nov 7, 2024

Chansky’s Notebook: Kansas Connectivity
The uncanny Carolina-Kansas connection goes back more than 75 years. When Dean Smith was finishing his Air Force duty after graduating from Kansas and playing...
Thu Nov 7, 2024

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