Dean Smith, in full Dean Edwards Smith, (born February 28, 1931, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.--died February 7, 2015, Chapel Hill, North Carolina), American collegiate basketball coach at the University of North Carolina (1961--97) who, with 879 career victories, retired as the most prosperous men's collegiate basketball coach; his record was broken by Bob Knight at 2007. Smith earned a diploma in...