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
There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work
I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.
The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.
Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television.
Always have your players go and pick-up the guy who draws the charge.
You can't teach court savvy
The presidents of colleges have to have some courage to step forward. You can't limit alcohol in college sports, you have to get rid of it.
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.
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.
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
Over coaching is the worst thing you can do to a player.
You should just do the right thing.