Dean Smith

If you are wondering who Dean Smith was, he was a great coach in men's basketball. Smith was a legendary coach that made it into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith could be found coaching at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Smith had a legendary 879 wins which ended in 1997. Smith had a high emphasis on graduation. Over 96 percent of Smith's players went on to graduate. Charlie Scott was one of the first African American players to be supported and promoted by Dean Smith. Smith strongly supported desegregation.

Dean Smith was known for playing many different defense moves. He liked to keep the offense guessing about what the next move would be. A couple of these defense moves were the scramble defense and the point zone. He kept his players on their toes and kept the other team busy trying to figure them out.

Some people have said that Dean Smith's face should be on Mount Rushmore, if it was based on the game of basketball. During Smith's coaching career, his team appeared at the NCAA Tournaments 23 times. Smith's team, the "Tarheels," were able to make it to the "Sweet 16" for thirteen straight years. In his career, Smith had thirteen players that went on to be Olympians. He was also to obtain the triple crown, better known as the NCAA Tournament, NIT, and US Olympic gold medal. There have only been three coaches to ever achieve this, and he was one of them.