Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

UNC Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith passed away at 83 on Feb. 7, 2015. Here is a reprint of his obituary as well as other coverage from The News & Observer.

UNC coach Dean Smith comes out of his seat on the bench as he calls a play in the 1996-97. 1996 News & Observer file photo. Former North Carolina basketball coach ...

UNC Tar Heels basketball coach Dean Smith passed away at 83 on Feb. 7, 2015. Here is a reprint of his obituary as well as other coverage from The News & Observer.

Dean Smith, the Hall of Fame innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina along with an Olympic gold medal while coaching some of the game’s biggest names like Michael Jordan ...

North Carolina players, from left, Michael Jordan, Matt Doherty and Sam Perkins with Coach Dean Smith during a practice session in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Oct. 14, 1982.

The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike Krzyzewski on the other — as the ...

However, during a 1993 interview with Charlie Rose, UNC head coach Dean Smith says Jordan's leap happened when he grew two inches after his first year with the Tar Heels. "Well, he came in really ...

Michael Jordan wore his UNC practice shorts under his uniform during every NBA he played, and even kept them on under his dress clothes as well. 247Sports ... Dean Smith. The six-time NBA ...

Coach Dean Smith noticed Jordan's early difficulties and realized something was off. The weight of expectations, coupled with the pressures of the game, may have caused Jordan to feel overwhelmed ...

North Carolina coach Dean Smith sends forward Vince Carter back into game in the final seconds of their game against Maryland at the Smith Center in February 1996. ... It would have a practice court.