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 only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.
The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.
The most important thing is team morale.
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.
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.
Don't worry about it. How do you feel?
We need to understand that children start following athletics at the age of nine or ten. These beer ads are highly appealing to them. When beer companies say their ads aren't directed at young people, I find it hard to believe. Do you think the kids don't like the lizards on the Budweiser spots?
We've got uniforms pants, boots, t-shirts, underwear and toilet supplies,
We were told to throw it inside to Big Clyde. He couldn't jump that well but he had great touch from 15 feet. And he had good hands. He'd catch even my bad passes.
We don't want to go on strike. Everybody's unified on it.