Dean Smith | |
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Sport(s) | Basketball |
Biographical details | |
Born | Emporia, Kansas | February 28, 1931
Died | February 7, 2015 Chapel Hill, North Carolina | (aged 83)
Playing career | |
1949–1953 | Kansas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1953-1955 1955–1958 1958–1961 1961–1997 1976 | Kansas (asst.) Air Force (asst.) North Carolina (asst.) North Carolina US men's national team |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 879-254 (Expression error: Unexpected = operator.) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships Gold Medal Men's Basketball (1976 Summer Olympics) NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships: (1982, 1993) Regional Championships - Final Four (1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997) ACC Tournament Championships (1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997) ACC Regular Season Championships (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995) NIT Championship (1971) | |
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) Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1996) FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) – inaugural class | |
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1983 | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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.