Dean Smith
Dean Smith
Dean Edwards Smithwas an American head coach of men's college basketball. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA Division I men's basketball record at that time. Smith had the 9th highest winning percentage of any men's college basketball coach. During his tenure as head coach, North Carolina won...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1931
CityEmporia, KS
CountryUnited States of America
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.
If you treat every situation as a life and death matter, you'll die a lot of times.
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
I'd like to see the high schools put in a rule that limits recruitable athletes from playing on teams outside a 100-mile radius from their home or school.
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise.
I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
You should just do the right thing.
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.