Chapel Hill artist and UNC graduate Scott Nurkin is on track to finish a mural commemorating legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith’s life and career by the end of this month.
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Coach Dean Smith’s 879 wins, two national championships, 13 ACC tournament championships and 17 ACC regular-season championships will always serve as proof of his impact on the North Carolina men’s basketball program.
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It was a beautiful paradox: Dean Smith, an uncommon man, dispensing gestures so kind and so voluminous to the common men who adored him, who were lucky enough to feel the lasting warmth of an uncommon heart.
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The corned beef sandwich was his favorite. He almost always ordered it to go.
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There are an unlimited number of titles that apply to Dean Smith, most of which will probably be brought up in the coming days.
Read More »He wasn’t ready.
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These are the memories that especially stand out — yet they don’t involve comeback victories, his trademark four-corner offense or runs to a national title.
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Rarely do four fingers incite such a ruckus. Rarely do they incite any ruckus at all.
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Dean Smith would have hated this.
Read More »None of the undergraduates who work for this newspaper are old enough to properly eulogize Dean E. Smith.
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Dean Smith would have disliked this column.
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CHESTNUT HILL, MASS. — Dean Smith was at once everywhere and nowhere.
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