Air Force Falcons Men's Basketball - Air Force Falcons Men's Basketball Coaches, Air Force Falcons Men's Basketball Players, Dean Smith (Paperback)

Chapters: Air Force Falcons Men's Basketball Coaches, Air Force Falcons Men's Basketball Players, Dean Smith, Gregg Popovich, Jeff Bzdelik, Jeff Reynolds, Joe Scott, Chris Mooney, Terry Dunn, Rodney Tention, Reggie Minton, Hank Egan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dean Edwards Smith (born February 28, 1931) is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a coaching legend by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 36 years. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA Division I men's basketball coach with the most wins ever with 879 wins. This record was later surpassed by Bob Knight in 2007. Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any mens college basketball coach at 77.6. During his time as head coach of North Carolina, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 Final Fours. Smith is also known for running a clean program and having a high graduation rate for his players with 96.6% players going on to graduate. While at North Carolina, Smith helped promote desegregation by recruiting the Universitys first African American scholarship basketball player Charlie Scott and pushing for equal treatment for African Americans by local businesses. Smith coached and worked with numerous individuals at North Carolina who went on to achieve notable success in basketball, as either players or coaches or both. Smith retired as head coach from North Carolina in 1997 saying that he was not able to give the team the same level of enthusiasm that he had given it for years. Since retirement, Smith has used his influence to help out in various charitable ventures and ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=45629