There are probably people wondering who this guy is. Well if you don’t know, now you do. Rosenbluth helped lead the Tar Heels ...

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 ...

FILE - In an Oct. 9, 1997 file photo, North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith smiles during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C.,where he announced his retirement.

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, ...

And it resonated with coaches because they were in awe of Dean Edwards Smith, who died Saturday at 83, and his cognitive powers. Sometimes the awe was grudging, but it was there.

Dean Smith story: Recruited by 250 schools out of DeMatha, Adrian Branch signed with Maryland & got 1 congratulatory letter. From Dean Smith — Richard Chinnis (@rchinnis) February 9, 2015.

On Sunday, when he learned Smith had died at the age of 83, he said simply and quietly, "I'll miss Dean." If Smith wasn't the last of his kind, he was certainly one of the last, a man from an era ...

Dean Smith, who passed away at the age of 83 on Sunday, won 879 basketball games, two national championships, made 11 Final Fours, coached 24 first round NBA Draft picks, among countless other ...

Dean Smith’s first face-to-face meeting with a potential new signing is crucial. He’s looking for a few simple traits: a man who can hold a conversation, asks questions and absorbs ideas.