Men's basketball coach Dean Smith, who coached the University of North Carolina Tar Heels for more than 35 years, taking them to two national titles, has died at age 83.

Legendary North Carolina men's basketball coach Dean Smith, who pushed the Tar Heels to national prominence during his four decades on the bench, died Saturday evening. He was 83.

Dean Smith made college basketball a better game and he made North Carolina a better place to live. Perhaps no coach accomplished more. Smith, born in Emporia, Kan., and a member of the Jayhawks ...

He was 83 years old. — -- Former University of North Carolina men’s basketball coach Dean Smith has died. He was 83 years old. “Coach Dean Smith passed away peacefully the evening of ...

Dean Smith was a direct coaching descendent of basketball's inventor, the Olympic-gold-winning North Carolina coach helped racially integrate the sport, and changed the way it is played and scored.

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

Maybe the true essence of Dean Smith -- of Coach Smith -- is best defined by a picture taken during a 2007 ceremony at North Carolina. It is of Michael Jordan and Smith.

Dean Smith, who died at 83 on Saturday night, remembered for much more than 879 wins. Dean Smith, ... The Dean of college basketball was more than a coach. Keith Jarrett. Asheville.

Mike Krzyzewski talks life before “Coach K,” building the Duke program, his love for Dean Smith, 1995 resignation letter, NCAA and college basketball’s future.

I admired North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith from afar. I shared friendships with two of Coach Smith’s basketball family when they lived in Nashville. Jim Delany was the Ohio Valley ...

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.

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… ...