The last time they played each other on one of their home courts was in 1960, in Lawrence. Dean Smith was a 29-year-old ...

Dean Smith, a UNC legend, gave his archrival Coach K a glowing recommendation for the role of Team USA head coach.

Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was born and spent most of his youth in Emporia, Kansas. His childhood home still ...

He couldn’t know it at the time but he was less than a year away becoming UNC’s head coach, and beginning one of the most ...

In the early 2000s, Roy Williams found himself wanting to be in two places at once. The allure of home, and a plea from Dean ...

The 2024-25 North Carolina basketball season, which officially opened Monday night with the Tar Heels’ 90-76 victory over ...

From Dean Smith to Roy Williams, Hall-of-Fame coaches are just part of the reason why. Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was born and spent most of his youth in Emporia, Kansas.

Now vacant and under consideration for a hotel and convention center, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith attended the school and played on the basketball team his father Alfred Smith coached.

Dean Smith was a 29-year-old assistant coach at UNC, under Frank McGuire. Allen Fieldhouse was in its fifth year of existence. Roy Williams was 10-years-old and growing up in the North Carolina ...

Dean Smith was a member of the Emporia High School basketball team in 1947. Photograph from the school yearbook. Robert Willett [email protected] Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith ...