Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Title	Head coach
College	North Carolina
Sport	Basketball
Born	February 28, 1931 (1931-02-28) (age 76)
Place of birth	Emporia, Kansas
Career highlights
Overall	879-254 (.776), 2nd most wins of all-time
Championships
NCAA Championship (1982, 1993) ACC Tournament Championship (1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997) ACC Regular Season Championship (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995)
Awards
National Coach of the Year (1977, 1979, 1982, 1993) ACC Coach of the Year (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993) North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1981) National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2006) - inaugural class Basketball Hall of Fame (1983) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) - inaugural class
Playing career
1949–1953	Kansas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1955–1958 1958-1961 1976 1961–1997	Air Force (asst.) North Carolina (asst.) Olympic Men's Basketball North Carolina
Basketball Hall of Fame, 1983
College Basketball Hall of Fame, 2006

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 (“UNC”) 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 2006. Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any men’s college basketball coach at 77.6.^[1] During his time as head coach of UNC, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 Final Fours.^[2] Image File history File links Dean_Smith. ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... 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Smith is also known for running a clean program and having a high graduation rate for his players with 96.6% players going on to graduate.^[3][4] While at UNC, Smith helped promote desegregation by recruiting UNC’s first African American scholarship player Charlie Scott and pushing for equal treatment for African Americans by local businesses.^[5] Smith coached and worked with numerous individuals at UNC that went on to achieve notable success in basketball, as either players or coaches or both. Smith retired as head coach from UNC in 1997 saying that he was not able to give the team the same level of enthusiasm that he had had given it for years. Since retirement, Smith has used his influence to help out in various charitable ventures and political activities. Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Charles Thomas Scott (born December 15, 1948 in New York City, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. ...

Early years

Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas on February 28, 1931.^[6][7] Both of his parents were public school teachers.^[6] Smith's father, Alfred, coached the Emporia High Spartans basketball team to the 1934 state title in Kansas.^[6] This 1934 team was notable for having the first black basketball player in Kansas tournament history.^[6] While at Topeka High School Smith lettered in basketball all four years and was named all-state in basketball as a senior.^[6][8] Smith's interest in sports was not limited only to basketball. Smith also played quarterback for his high school football team and catcher for the high school baseball team.^[8] Emporia is a city located in Lyon County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 26,760. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Topeka High School (THS) is located in the city of Topeka in the U.S. State of Kansas. ...

After graduating from high school, Smith attended the University of Kansas on an academic scholarship where he majored in mathematics and joined the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.^[9][8] While at Kansas, Smith continued his interest in sports by playing varsity basketball, varsity baseball, and freshman football. During his time on the varsity basketball team, Kansas won the national championship in 1952 and finished second in 1953.^[8][9] Smith's basketball coach during his time at Kansas was the legendary Forrest "Phog" Allen, who had been coached in college by the inventor of basketball James Naismith ^[9]. After graduation, Smith served as assistant coach at Kansas in the 1953–54 season.^[10] Ironically, after leaving Kansas Smith watched with disappointment as the University of Kansas team that he had helped coach lost to UNC in the 1957 national championship game in triple overtime.^[11] The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... Phi Gamma Delta (also known as FIJI) is a collegiate social fraternity with 116 chapters and 5 colonies across the United States and Canada. ... Forrest Phog Allen (November 8, 1885 – September 16, 1974) was an American collegiate basketball coach known as the Father of Basketball Coaching. His basketball career got off to an auspicious start as a University of Kansas letterman under Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. ... James A. Naismith,(November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football. ...

Smith next served a stint in the United States Air Force in Germany, and then worked at the United States Air Force Academy as head coach of its baseball and golf teams.^[10] In 1958, North Carolina coach Frank McGuire asked Smith to join his staff as an assistant coach.^[10] Smith served under McGuire for three years until 1961, when McGuire was forced to resign by Chancellor William Aycock in the wake of recruiting scandals.^[10] Aycock asked Smith, then 30 years old, to become the new head coach.^[10] “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA or Air Force),[1] located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. ... Frank Joseph McGuire (November 8, 1916 - November 11, 1994) was an American athletic coach who gained his greatest renown in collegiate basketball. ... William Brantley Aycock (born 1915) is an American educator who served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) from 1957 until 1964 and is the retired Kenan professor of law at UNCs School of Law. ...

Years at North Carolina

Smith's first years as head coach were difficult. In his first season as head coach, the ACC had canceled the Dixie Classic, an annual basketball tournament in North Carolina, because of a national point shaving scandal that included four N.C. State players (Don Gallagher, Stan Niewierowski, and Terry Litchfield) and one UNC player (Lou Brown).^[12] As a result of the scandal, both N.C. State and UNC de-emphasized basketball by cutting their regular-season schedules. In Smith's first season from 1961–62, UNC played only 17 games and went 8-9.^[10][13] As it turned out, this would be the only losing season he would ever suffer. In 1965, he was famously hanged in effigy on the university campus after a disappointing loss to Wake Forest.^[10] After that game, his team ended up winning nine of the last eleven games.^[14] After a slow beginning, Smith turned the program into a consistent success. After the 1966 season, Smith would never finish lower than third in the ACC.^[15] His first major successes came in the late 1960s, when his teams won three consecutive regular-season and tournament championships in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and went to three straight Final Fours. It took Smith seven trips to the Final Four before winning his first national title, and then it took him nine more years to return, and two more to get another national championship.^[16] The Dixie Classic was an annual college basketball tournament played from 1949-1961 in Reynolds Coliseum. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ...

His first national championship occurred in 1982, when the team was composed of future NBA players such as Michael Jordan and James Worthy.^[17] Before entering in the NCAA Tournament, UNC had a record of 32-2.^[18] Upon reaching the Final Four, the other teams that advanced with UNC were Georgetown, Houston and Louisville. In the semi-finals, UNC defeated Houston 68-63 in New Orleans while Georgetown defeated Louisville with the score of 50-46. In the final game in New Orleans, Georgetown faced UNC in front of 61,612 spectators. The UNC squad faced a Georgetown team stacked with another future NBA star, Patrick Ewing. There was a constant lead change between the teams; Georgetown was leading with a full court press and UNC was put on the defensive. The climax of the game occurred when Jordan, with 18 seconds left on the clock, stole a pass and made a field goal. This, along with a foul on Worthy at the two second mark, sealed the game and the NCAA Championship for UNC.^[17] For other persons named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation). ... James Ager Worthy (b. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a retired American professional basketball player. ...

His second and last championship run in 1993 almost began with a tragedy. Fielding players such as George Lynch, Eric Montross, Brian Reese, Donald Williams, and Derrick Phelps, the team started out with an 8-0 record until losing to Michigan at a last minute shot. Wins over Duke and Tennessee during the final games of the season placed the Tar Heels as the top seed in the ACC tournament. The tournament was eventually won by Georgia Tech, which faced UNC without the injured Derrick Phelps in the final match. Starting at the national tournament, North Carolina dispatched East Carolina, Rhode Island and Cincinnati while playing in the regionals. After defeating Kansas in the semi-finals, UNC was set to play Michigan in New Orleans. Stacked with Chris Webber and the rest of the Fab Five, the Michigan squad could not defeat UNC again as they did earlier in the season.^[19] While Smith was generally known for being a fairly even-keel coach, he was ejected from the 1991 Final Four game between UNC and Kansas after receiving two technical fouls.^[20][21] There have been several well-known people named George Lynch, including: George Lynch (musician) George Lynch (basketball player) George Lynch (race car driver) This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Eric Scott Montross (born September 23, 1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. Currently, he is known as the worst basketball player ever to play in the league. ... Donald Williams may refer to: Donald E. Williams, astronaut Donald Williams (basketball) This human name article is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that might otherwise share the same title, which is a persons or persons name. ... Derrick Phelps (born July 31, 1972 in Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player. ... The group nickname Fab Five is a play on the Fab Four, a famous nickname for The Beatles. ...

Retirement

Smith announced his retirement on October 9, 1997. He had said that if he ever felt he could not give his team the same enthusiasm he had given it for years, he would retire.^[22] His announcement was a shock to the basketball community and fans, as he had given little warning that he was considering retirement. Smith had been the only coach many UNC fans had ever known. Bill Guthridge, his assistant for 30 years, succeeded him as head coach. is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Bill Guthridge (born July 27, 1937) is an American basketball coach who gained notoriety for succeeding Dean Smith as head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina in 1997. ...

Even in retirement, some believe that Smith still has a large influence on the current North Carolina basketball program. For example, in 2003 Smith talked to Roy Williams regarding his decision about whether or not to replace a struggling Matt Doherty as head coach.^[23] Williams had previously declined the head coaching position three years earlier when Guthridge retired.^[24] Roy Williams (born August 1, 1950 in Marion, North Carolina) is head coach of the mens basketball team at the University of North Carolina. ... Matt Doherty (born February 25, 1962) is the head mens basketball coach at Southern Methodist University. ...

Coaching style

Smith-coached teams varied in style, depending on the players Smith had available. But they generally featured a fast-break style, a half-court offense that emphasized the passing game, and an aggressive trapping defense that produced turnovers and easy baskets. His teams always shot the ball well. From 1970 until his retirement, North Carolina shot over 50 percent from the floor all but four years.

Smith is credited with creating or popularizing the following basketball techniques: The "tired signal," in which a player would use a hand signal (originally a raised fist) to indicate that he needed to come out for a rest,^[25][26] huddling at the free throw line before a foul shot,^[25][26] encouraging players who scored a basket to point a finger at the teammate who passed them the ball, in honor of the passer's selflessness.^[25][26] Instituting a variety of defensive sets in one game,^[25][27] having the point guard call out the defense set for the team,^[25][27] and creating a number of defensive sets, including the point zone, the run-and-jump, and double-teaming the screen-and-roll.^[8]

But strategically, Smith is most associated with his implementation of the four corners offense, a strategy for stalling with a lead near the end of the game. Smith's teams executed the four corners set so effectively that in 1985, the NCAA instituted a shot clock to speed up play and minimize ball-control offense.^[28][8] Although fellow Kansas alum John McClendon actually invented the four corners offense, Smith is better known for utilizing it in games.^[25] Smith is also the author of Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, which is the best-selling technical basketball book in history.^[2] The four corners offense was an offensive strategy for stalling in college basketball. ... The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is an institution of higher learning in Lawrence, Kansas. ... John McClendon was a college basketball coach who, despite the respect he earned for his ability, is relatively little-known because he coached at predominantly black colleges and universities during the era of segregation. ...

Smith also instituted the practice of starting all his team's seniors on the last home game of the season ("Senior Day") as a way of honoring the contributions of the subs as well as the stars.^[29] In one season when the team included six seniors, he opted to put all six on the floor at the beginning of the game – drawing a technical foul – rather than leave one of them out.^[30] In basketball, a technical foul is an infraction of the rules usually concerning unsportsmanlike non-contact behavior. ...

During the 1993 run for the national title, Coach Smith used a method that was introduced to him. At a conference in Switzerland, Smith was presented a tape of a lecturer who used doctored images to achieve his goal of losing weight. The photo showed him of what he will look like if he was thin, which gave him motivation to reach that goal. Using this tactic in mind, Smith took a picture of the scoreboard from the 1982 Championship and modified it to say 1993 and erased the name Georgetown and left it blank. He proceeded to place copies of the photo in all of the lockers so the players can look at it and achieve the goal that Smith wanted.^[19]

Accomplishments and recognition

Accomplishments

Among the accomplishments of Smith:

• 879 wins in 36 years of coaching, 2nd most in men's college Division I basketball history behind Bobby Knight.^[31] Adolph Rupp's 876 wins came after 41 years of coaching.^[3]
• 77.6% winning percentage, which puts him 9th on highest winning percentage.^[1]
• Fourth total number of college games coached with 1,133.^[1]
• Most Division I 20-win seasons, with 27 consecutive 20-win seasons from 1970–1997^[3] and 30 20-win seasons total.^[1]
• 22 seasons with at least 25 wins
• 35 consecutive seasons with a 50% or better record.^[3]
• Two national championships (1982, 1993)
• 11 Final Fours (second all-time to John Wooden's 12).^[3]
• 17 regular-season ACC titles, plus 33 straight years finishing in the conference's top three and 20 years in the top two
• 13 ACC tournament titles
• 27 NCAA tournament appearances, including 23 consecutive.^[3]
• 96.6% graduation rate among players.^[3][32]
• Recruited 26 All-Americans to play at North Carolina under him.^[3]
• His players were often successful in the NBA. Five of Smith's players have been Rookie of the Year in either the NBA or ABA. Among Smith's most successful players in the NBA are Michael Jordan, Larry Brown, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Phil Ford, Bob McAdoo, Billy Cunningham, Kenny Smith, Walter Davis, Jerry Stackhouse, Antawn Jamison, Rick Fox, Vince Carter and Rasheed Wallace. Smith coached 25 NBA first round draft picks.^[3]
• In 1976, Smith coached the United States team to a gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Montreal.
• Smith is one of only three coaches to have coached teams to an Olympic gold medal, an NIT championship and an NCAA championship.^[3] The others are Pete Newell and Bobby Knight.
• Smith is one of only two people that have both played on and coached a winning NCAA championship basketball team.^[3] The other is Bobby Knight.

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Recognition

The Dean Smith Center, from the back.

Smith received a number of personal honors during his coaching career. He was named the National Coach of the Year four times (1977, 1979, 1982, 1993) and ACC Coach of the Year eight times (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993). Smith was also inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on May 2, 1983, two years after being enshrined in the North Carolina Hall of Fame. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1114 KB) Summary The Dean Dome. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1114 KB) Summary The Dean Dome. ... The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, usually called simply the Dean Smith Center and popularly referred to as the Dean Dome is a multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... Basketball Hall of Fame Logo The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches and referees, and other major contributors to the game. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...

Smith was the first recipient of the Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement, given by the University of North Carolina Committee on Teaching Awards for "a broader range of teaching beyond the classroom."^[32] He has also been awarded honorary doctorates by Eastern University and Catawba College.^[33] Eastern University is a private, co-educational, and Christian university in Pennsylvania. ... Catawba College official seal Catawba College, founded in 1851, is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. It is the sixth oldest college in North Carolina, and is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. ...

The basketball arena at UNC, the Dean Smith Center, was named for Smith. It is also widely referred to as the "Dean Dome". In 1997, upon his retirement, Smith was named Sportsman of the Year by the magazine Sports Illustrated. ESPN named Smith one of the five all-time greatest American coaches of any sport. In 1998 he won the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented at the annual ESPY Awards hosted by ESPN.^[34] The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, usually called simply the Dean Smith Center and popularly referred to as the Dean Dome is a multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the Sportsman of the Year award to the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is an award that is part of the ESPY Awards. ...

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Political activities

Smith is one of the most prominent liberals in North Carolina politics. Politically, he is best known for promoting desegregation. In 1964, Smith joined a local pastor and a black UNC theology student to integrate The Pines, a Chapel Hill restaurant. He also integrated the Tar Heels basketball team by recruiting Charlie Scott as the university's first black scholarship athlete.^[36] In 1965, Smith helped Howard Lee, a black graduate student at UNC, purchase a home in an all-white neighborhood.^[8] He opposed the Vietnam War and, in the early 1980s, famously recorded radio spots to promote a freeze on nuclear weapons. He has been a prominent opponent of the death penalty. In 1998, he appeared at a clemency hearing for a death-row inmate and pointed at then-Governor Jim Hunt: "You're a murderer. And I'm a murderer. The death penalty makes us all murderers." As head coach, he periodically held UNC basketball practices in North Carolina prisons.^[37] Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... Charles Thomas Scott (born December 15, 1948 in New York City, New York) is an American former professional basketball player. ... James Baxter Hunt Jr. ...

While coach, he was recruited by some in the Democratic Party to run for the United States Senate against incumbent Jesse Helms. He declined. But in retirement, he has continued to speak out on issues such as the war in Iraq, death penalty and gay rights.^[38][37] Although a staunch Democrat, Smith did support one of his former players, Republican Richard Vinroot, for governor of North Carolina in 2000.^[39][40] In 2006, Smith became the spokesperson for Devout Democrats, an inter-faith, grassroots political action committee designed to convince religious Americans to vote for Democrats. Smith was featured in an ad that is running in newspapers across North Carolina and was featured in an Associated Press article.^[41] Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Richard Vinroot (born 14 April 1941) is an attorney and politician from Charlotte, North Carolina. ... The Governor of North Carolina is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the groups special interests. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Coaching tree

One hallmark of Smith's tenure as coach was the concept of the "Carolina Family," the idea that anyone associated with the program was entitled to the support of others. Many of his former players and assistant coaches have followed Smith into the coaching profession.

• Roy Williams, former KU coach and UNC coach since 2003
• Bill Guthridge, Smith's successor at UNC
• Matt Doherty, a former Smith player and former Notre Dame and later UNC coach who now coaches at SMU
• George Karl, a point guard under Smith, currently coach of the Denver Nuggets
• Larry Brown, a former Smith player, the former coach of the New York Knicks, winner of championships in both the NBA (Detroit Pistons) and college (Kansas)
• Eddie Fogler, former National Coach of the Year at both Vanderbilt and South Carolina
• Billy Cunningham, coach of the 1983 NBA champion Philadelphia 76ers
• Jeff Lebo, coach at Auburn
• Buzz Peterson, Director of Player Personnel of the Charlotte Bobcats. Former coach at Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State, Tulsa, and Tennessee
• Mitch Kupchak, general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers
• Tony Shaver, reserve point guard under Smith, now head coach at William & Mary
• Terry Truax, former Smith assistant and former head coach at Towson
• Randy Wiel, former Smith player and former head coach at Middle Tennessee and UNC Asheville
• Phil Ford, former Smith player and former assistant coach at UNC as well as the Detroit Pistons and currently an assistant coach for the Charlotte Bobcats.
• Dave Hanners, former Smith player and former assistant coach at UNC as well as the Detroit Pistons and currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks.
• Pat Sullivan, former Smith player and former assistant coach at UNC as well as the Detroit Pistons and currently an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets.
• King Rice, former Smith player and former assistant coach at Oregon, Illinois State and Providence and currently an assistant coach for Vanderbilt.

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Record of coaching at North Carolina

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The National Invitation Tournament is an annual US basketball competition. ... The 1975 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1976 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1977 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1978 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1979 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1980 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1981 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1982 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1983 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1984 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 53 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1985 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1986 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1987 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1988 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1989 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1990 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1991 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1992 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1993 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1994 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1995 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1996 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1997 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ...

See also

• North Carolina Tar Heels basketball
• UNC-Duke rivalry

Head Coach Roy Williams 4th Year, 92-25 Home Stadium Dean E. Smith Center Capacity 21,750 Outfitter Nike Conference Affiliation Independent (1910-1921) Southern Conference (1921-1953) Atlantic Coast Conference (1953-Present) Team Records All-Time: 1,900-691 (.733) NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Champions (4) 1957... Tipoff of UNC-Duke game The UNC-Duke rivalry, sometimes referred to as The Battle of Tobacco Road or The Battle of the Blues, is a fierce rivalry, particularly in mens college basketball, between the University of North Carolina and Duke University athletic teams. ...

Further reading

• Dean Smith, John Kilgo, Sally Jenkins: A Coach’s Life. My 40 years in college basketball. New York 2002, ISBN 0-375-75880-1
• Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo, Roy Williams: The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching, ISBN 0-14-303464-2
• Dean Smith: Basketball: Multiple Offense and Defense, ISBN 0-205-29119-8
• David Scott: Quotable Dean Smith: Words of Insight, Inspiration, and Intense Preparation by and about Dean Smith, the Dean of College Basketball Coaches., ISBN 1-931249-27-X
• Art Chansky: Dean's Domain: The Inside Story of Dean Smith and His College Basketball Empire, ISBN 1-56352-540-2
• Art Chansky: The Dean's List: A Celebration of Tar Heel Basketball and Dean Smith, ISBN 0-446-52007-1
• Ken Rosenthal Dean Smith: A Tribute, ISBN 1-58261-003-7

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External links

• 30 minute video interview with Dean Smith by UNCTV
• CNNSI archive movie on news coverage of retirement (.mov)
• FIBA Hall of Fame page on Smith