Dean Smith passed away last night. This great ambassador to the game will be greatly missed.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...ch-dies-age-83
Dean Smith passed away last night. This great ambassador to the game will be greatly missed.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...ch-dies-age-83
I alwys liked and admired him. One of his favorite stories was about the time he was hanged in effigy early in his UNC careeer, after a loss to Duke and before his teams started winning.
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I heard on the radio that Dean Smith is admired because he "desegregated" North Carolina basketball by recruiting Charlie Scott--in 1967, at least three years after iit became a violation of federal law for North Carolina to discriminate. Not to mention, Scott was a phenomenal player Our Jack Gardner had teams with blacks since the 1950s.
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