...and beloved daughter of Phyllis Stevens Enochs Smith, the late Joseph H. Enochs, and the adopted daughter of the late Dean Owen Smith, passed away peacefully October 15, 2008, at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Burbank, California from severe...
...Gary Williams became the third Atlantic Coast Conference coach to win 400 games at the same school, following the legendary Dean Smith of North Carolina and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski. Backup center Dave Neal hit a pair of three-point shots during...
...Gov. Jim Martin, ex-University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith and "Cold Mountain" author Charles Frazier were among 10 people who received the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor. Gov. Mike Easley and first lady Mary...
...The room at Madison Square Garden in New York was overflowing with people honoring three award recipients. Pat Summitt, Dean Smith and Lou Carnesecca, all Hall of Fame coaches, were presented the inaugural Joe Lapchick Character Awards on Thursday. The...
...access to a building that bears his name, but at the moment, Dean E. Smith is unable to get into the parking lot outside the Dean E. Smith Center. The school has recently put up a security gate, and Smith has neither the requisite I.D. card nor the code...
...MASCOUTAH, Ill. - Being an arranger for the U.S. Air Force Mid-America Band has its perks. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dean Smith has played for every living president since Ronald Reagan and has played for President Reagan and Ford's funerals. He has...
Background
Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28, 1931) is a retired head coach of men’s college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 36 years. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA Division I men's basketball coach with the most wins ever with 879 wins. This record was later surpassed by Bobby Knight in 2007. Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any men’s college basketball coach at 77.6. During his time as head coach of North Carolina, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 Final Fours.
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