Dean Smith wasn't just about basketball. He stood up for equality and social issues, ... Thompson became the first black coach to win the national championship.

The iconic Smith, a Hall of Famer who won two national championships and coached the Tar Heels to 11 Final Fours and 13 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament titles in 36 seasons ...

Dean Smith was born in 1931, went to the University of Kansas for college and played sparingly for Phog Allen when the Jayhawks won the national championship in 1952.

NEW ORLEANS — On March 29, 1982, UNC basketball Coach Dean Smith and his Tar Heels won the school’s first national title since 1957.The Tar Heels took on the Georgetown University Hoyas in New ...

Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball's Hall of Fame more than a decade before he ...

Smith, 82, played at KU from 1949-53 and was a member of the Jayhawks’ national championship team in 1952. After graduation, he served as an assistant coach for KU coach Phog […] ...

Wertheim detailed how Bob Knight and Dean Smith exchanged phone calls, letters and advice throughout their careers despite ...

Roy Williams goes in-depth on what Dean Smith had to say in the huddle seconds before Michael Jordan hit the game-winning shot in the 1982 National Championship.

Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball's Hall of Fame more than a decade before he ...

Knight’s first championship with Indiana in 1976 came on the end of a 32-0 season — the last perfect season by a national champion. T5: Duke — 5 Years: 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015 ...