Dean Smith
Dean Edwards Smith (February 28,1931 - February 7,2015) was an American head coach of men' s college basketball. He was born in Emporia, Kansas. Smith was called a" coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Smith was best known for his 36-year coaching term at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA Division I men' s basketball record at that time.
Smith had the 9th highest winning percentage of any men' s college basketball coach (77. 6%). During his tenure as head coach, North Carolina won two national championships and appeared in 11 Final Fours.
Hill died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 83.
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Other websites
FIBA Hall of Fame page on Smith
North Carolina biography of Dean Smith (from 2011-12 media guide) North Carolina biography of Dean Smith (archived from 1997)
1931 births
2015 deaths
Sportspeople from Kansas
Sportspeople from North Carolina
People from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees