Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Dean Edwards Smithwas an American head coach of men's college basketball. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA Division I men's basketball record at that time. Smith had the 9th highest winning percentage of any men's college basketball coach. During his tenure as head coach, North Carolina won...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1931
CityEmporia, KS
CountryUnited States of America
I just think we shouldn't get into counting coaches' records. I've never been for that but I know that's just American society.
The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.
I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.
I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
The real issue is not if a crossing is put in, but when. It would be negligent on the part of Union Pacific and the California Public Utilities Commission to not address the problem.
Our teachers at the public school level are the most underpaid for the importance of their job in America.
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.
I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.