Former North Carolina coach Dean Smith announced his retirement 20 years ago, on Oct. 9, 1997. Here’s a look back at what happened that day.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 marks 25th anniversary of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith announcing his unexpected retirement. 25 years since Dean Smith’s retirement from UNC ...

North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith smiles during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he announced his retirement in 1997. Smith, the North Carolina basketball coaching great who ...

Excerpted from Dean Smith: More than a coach. Published by Triumph Books. Book can be purchased online at Amazon. Frank McGuire, the man a 30-year-old Smith replaced as head coach in… ...

Dean Smith’s hourglass, it seemed, had an endless amount of sand. After 36 years as the coach at North Carolina, it kept trickling down, grain by grain.

Early in Gary Williams’ first game at North Carolina as Maryland’s coach during the 1989-90 season, legendary Tar Heels coach Dean Smith was quietly sitting on the bench when he was assessed a ...

Former North Carolina basketball coach DeanSmith answers questions during a press conference in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Dec. 8, 2006. In this March 30, 1991 file photo, Kansas coach Roy Williams ...

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 marks 25th anniversary of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith announcing his unexpected retirement. ... unexpectedly announcing his retirement on Oct. 9, 1997.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 marks 25th anniversary of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith announcing his unexpected retirement. 25 years since Dean Smith’s retirement from UNC ...