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
The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.
There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does
Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
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.
There is a point in every contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.