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Dean Edwards Smith Wiki Biography

• Dean Edwards Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, USA, on 28 February 1931. 
• He was a basketball head coach, best known for 36 years of coaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earning the Basketball Hall of Fame coaching legend status. 
• He is also the reason the university offered the first African-American basketball player an athletic scholarship. 
• Prior to his death, his efforts helped lift his net worth to a high point. 
• Sources report a net value of $5 million as of early 2016, largely gained through a good career as a coach. 
• He was very interested in charity and liberal politics, aside from basketball. 
• For many athletes, he was also an inspiration to graduate, and both of these efforts helped increase his wealth. 
• Dean was born into a family of both parents working as school teachers, and his father coached the basketball team of Emporia High Spartans towards a Kansas State title in 1934. 
• The team was notable for producing the first African-American player in a tournament in Kansas. 
• He attended high school in Topeka, where he played basketball, soccer, and baseball. 
• He attended the University of Kansas on an academic scholarship after admission, studying mathematics and playing all three sports he had played in school. 
• Smith retired in 1997, citing that he no longer had the same passion he used to have for coaching. 
• Later, his family would say that Dean had suffered from a neurological disorder that impaired his memory. 
• It is known that he was married to Ann Cleavinger in 1954, just before he was deployed to the Air Force, for his personal life. 
• They had three children and were to split later in 1973. 
• Then, in 1976, he went on and married Linnea Weblemoe and they had two children. 
• Smith died surrounded by his family at the age of 83. 
• It was confirmed that he had left a $200 check for each of his former lettermen in his will and a promise that they should appreciate their coach’s dinner compliments. 
• IMDB Wikipedia $5 million 1961-1997) 1931-02-28 2015-02-07 ACC Coach of the Year American Head Basketball Coach Basketball Hall of Fame Video Department Dean Edwards Smith Dean Smith Net Worth FIBA Hall of Fame (2007) Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1996) National Coach of the Year Team Coached – North Carolina Tar Heels Men’s Basketball (2007) 

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Dean Edwards Smith Important Facts

• Was lifelong friends with his assistant coach Bill Guthridge. Guthridge succeeded Smith as head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team from 1997-2000, reaching Final Four in 1998 and 2000.
• Inducted into the FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Hall of Fame in 2007 (inaugural class).
• Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by President Barack Obama.
• College coach of players including Larry Brown, George Karl, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, James Worthy, Buzz Peterson, Matt Doherty, Charles Scott, Rasheed Wallace, and Jerry Stackhouse.
• One of three coaches to win the NIT (1971), NCAA Championship (1982 and 1993), and an Olympic gold medal (1976) as a head coach. Bob Knight and Pete Newell are the only other two to accomplish such a feat.
• Wife Linnea is a psychiatrist and anti-porn activist
• Has five children: daughters Sandy, Sharon, Kristen Caroline, and Kelly Marie; son Scott
• Though a Democrat, he supported the losing campaign of Richard Vinroot (who played for Smith in the sixties) for Governor of North Carolina in 2000.
• The “Dean Dome”, UNC’s home court, is named in his honor. The real name is the the “Dean E. Smith Center”. It is nicknamed the “Dean Dome” by the fans and the local media.
• President, National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) (1982).
• National championships (1982, 1993). 11 Final Fours (1967-1969, 1972, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997), second only to UCLA and John Wooden’s 12 appearances. 13 ACC Tournament championships (1967-1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997).
• Innovations by Smith: The four-corner offense, run-and-jump defense and foul-line huddle.
• Holds the record of 23 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.
• Head coach for the United States Air Force Academy in Germany (1954-1955) and University of North Carolina (1961-1997).
• Graduate assistant for the University of Kansas (1953-1954).
• Enshrined in North Carolina Hall of Fame (1981).
• Compiled a record 65 NCAA Tournament victories.
• Coached the U.S. to the 1976 Olympic gold medal.
• Coach of the Year in 1977 (NABC), 1979 (Basketball Weekly, USBWA), 1982 (Medalist) and 1993 (Naismith). ACC Coach of the Year eight times (1967-1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1993). Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated (1997). John R. Wooden Award (1999).
• Became the NCAA’s all-time winningest coach (879-254, .776) following a 94-74 victory over Louisville in the 1997 NCAA Tournament.
• Assistant coach for the United States Air Force Academy (1955-1958) and University of North Carolina (1958-1961).
• Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983.
• Former head basketball coach at the University of North Carolina. One of only two people to play on a NCAA Basketball Champion (Kansas) and coach a NCAA Basketball Champion (North Carolina). The other is Bobby Knight.

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