University of North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith died at his home on Saturday night at the age of 83. According to a statement released by his family, Smith died peacefully while surrounded by his wife and five Thus had Coach Dean Edwards Smith claimed his first victory, one he never bragged about, one he … Read more
The Dean Smith Tar Heels would return to the Final Four 10 more times, winning it all in 1982 and 1993, each featuring rather bizarre endings in which the Heels were clinging to a lead when a member of the opposing team did something inexplicably awful. Val Lauder, a former reporter for the Chicago Daily … Read more
Thus had Coach Dean Edwards Smith claimed his first victory, one he never bragged about, one he barely acknowledged until years later, when Seymour told the story. It was John Feinstein, who'd covered Smith for years, who'd known him since Feinstein Dean Smith has died at 83, the University of North Carolina has announced. “Coach … Read more
Legendary North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died this weekend at the age of 83. Rather than repeat the honorifics about Smith's unbelievable career, here are some numbers that accomplish the same thing. (An asterisk denotes that the stat is a The Dean Smith Tar Heels would return to the Final Four 10 more times, … Read more
Dean Smith, who built the University of North Carolina men's basketball team into a perennial national power in his 36 years at Chapel Hill and became one of the game's most respected figures for qualities that transcended the court, died on Saturday When I came back to Carolina, the driving force was to make him … Read more