Dean Smith, the coaching innovator who won two national championships at North Carolina, an Olympic gold medal in 1976 and induction into basketball’s Hall of Fame more than a decade before he left the bench, has died. He was 83.
The retired coach died “peacefully” at his North Carolina home Saturday night, the school said in a statement Sunday from Smith’s family. He was with his wife and five children.
Sad news to report: former UNC head coach Dean Smith passed away on Saturday night at age 83http://t.co/FwokJKkPVR pic.twitter.com/zXaFYlnuIe
— Carolina Basketball (@UNC_Basketball) February 8, 2015 Read more…
More about Basketball, North Carolina, Entertainment, Us, and Sports
Mashable