Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball head coach. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

2015年2月8日 · Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball's Hall of Fame more than a decade before...

2017年6月23日 · Smith, who played for the legendary Phog Allen at Kansas in the early 1950s, and Knight are the only two men to both play on and coach an NCAA championship team. Smith was a member of the Jayhawk squad that won college basketball's top prize in 1952. He then coached the Tar Heels to national titles in 1982 and 1993.

2015年2月8日 · Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball's Hall of Fame more than a decade before he left...

2015年2月8日 · Dean Smith, North Carolina’s incomparable basketball coach for 36 years, who mastered the beautiful complexities of a simple game on the court and lived and taught his players the simple truths of a complex humanity away from it, died Saturday.

2025年2月3日 · Dean Smith was an American collegiate basketball coach at the University of North Carolina (1961–97) who, with 879 career victories, retired as the most successful men’s collegiate basketball coach; his record was broken by Bob Knight in 2007.

2015年2月9日 · Smith died “peacefully” Saturday at age 83 at his Chapel Hill home, his family said in a statement released by the school Sunday. He was with his wife and five children.

2019年3月8日 · Smith, who died in 2015, coached the Tar Heels from 1961-1997 and retired as the winningest coach in college basketball. He led the Tar Heels to national championships in 1982 and 1993, to 13 ACC Tournament titles, 11 Final Fours and an NIT championship.

2022年10月9日 · UNC’s Dean Smith wipes away a tear during an emotion moment in the press conference announcing his resignation as head basketball coach at UNC.

2015年2月8日 · Dean Smith died Saturday evening in Chapel Hill. He was 83. The University of North Carolina announced the news. "Coach Dean Smith passed away peacefully the evening of February 7 at...