Kenny Smith dives into the factors behind his decision to play for the University of North Carolina. From Dean Smith’s ...

Dean Smith, a legendary college basketball coach, led the North Carolina Tar Heels for 36 years, winning two NCAA championships and mentoring future NBA stars like Michael Jordan and James Worthy.

That’s what Dean Smith has done his entire life. There isn’t a single player who played for him between 1962 and 1997 who wouldn’t run through fire and a brick wall for him.

Smith got all his wins at North Carolina, the place that would shape his life and career — and honor him by naming the team's playing facility after him while he was still coaching, the Dean E ...

Dean Smith is the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year because his teams won, his players graduated, the rules went unbroken. But we honor him as much as anything for his conscientiousness in ...

Dean Smith was a spiritual man, and there is no doubt if he had any say in the matter, this escape would have come long ago. As a coach, he had many great rivals, ...

Dean Smith, decent and caring as he was, loved to be in charge. He liked running things, and running them his way. Looking through my notes on the story, I see it so many times.

Legendary North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith died this weekend at the age of 83. Rather than repeat the honorifics about Smith's unbelievable career, here are some numbers that accomplish ...

The late North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith said thank you to all of his former players one last time in his will. About 180 former Tar Heels will get $200 checks from the accountant who ...

North Carolina coach Dean Smith is enshrined in the Emporia High School Hall of Fame. His photo and bio, center, are shown on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 in Emporia, Kansas.

Dean Smith, a 52-year-old soccer coach from England, was introduced Monday as Charlotte FC’s new head man — the team’s third coach in three seasons.