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No. 2 seed UNC women's soccer dominates Minnesota, 3-0, to advance to NCAA quarterfinals

| November 24

In Memory of Coach Dean Smith, 1931 to 2015

Dean Smith’s commemorative mural to be ready by end of the month

By Hugo Fernandez | March 9

Chapel Hill artist and UNC graduate Scott Nurkin is on track to finish a mural commemorating legendary UNC basketball coach Dean Smith’s life and career ...

Alexandria Johnston of Virginia Beach, VA is the first recipient of the Dean Smith Academic Scholarship. She is pursuing a masters in school counseling from the UNC School of Education.

School of Education student wins Dean Smith Opening Doors Fund’s scholarship

By Sarah Watson | November 16

Alexandria Johnston, a graduate student in UNC’s School of Education school counseling program, recently won the first scholarship from the Dean E. ...

Column: Dean Smith ensures all will have seat at table

By Dylan Howlett | April 2

The arc of a life rises, then slopes, then falls, because time is the curvature that ensures nothing is forever. And then there is the exception: the ...

Roy Williams honors Dean Smith's legendary concept of pointing to the passer during the memorial service for Smith on Sunday in the Smith Center.

Memorial service celebrates Dean Smith

By Aaron Dodson and Grace Raynor | February 23

He taught them what he regarded to be a man’s greatest obligation in life: loyalty. And on Sunday, they proved they’d listened and learned.

Resident paints larger-than-life Dean Smith mural on US 15-501

By Elizabeth Baker | February 16

To Scott Nurkin, Dean Smith always seemed larger than life.

Junior Michael Morrison speaks during a vigil to honor Coach Dean Smith held on Tuesday night at the Dean Dome by the UNC NAACP.

Student vigil honored Dean Smith’s social justice efforts

By Carlos Collazo and Pat James | February 11

Students gathered around a makeshift memorial outside of the Dean E. Smith Center Tuesday night. The wind blew through the North Carolina and UNC flags, ...

Dean Smith’s coaching legacy lives on

By Pat James | February 9

Coach Dean Smith’s 879 wins, two national championships, 13 ACC tournament championships and 17 ACC regular-season championships will always serve as ...

Coach Dean Smith proved even legends have time for everyone

By Dylan Howlett | February 9

It was a beautiful paradox: Dean Smith, an uncommon man, dispensing gestures so kind and so voluminous to the common men who adored him, who were lucky ...

R&R Grill, located at 137 E. Franklin St., put out a sign in front of the restaurant that reads, “We will miss you, Dean.”

Chapel Hill mourns Dean Smith

By Gabriella Cirelli and Jordan Nash | February 9

The corned beef sandwich was his favorite. He almost always ordered it to go.

The winning numbers behind Dean Smith, Tar Heel coaching legend

February 9

879 wins

Dean Smith was an outspoken democrat in North Carolina

By Bradley Saacks | February 9

There are an unlimited number of titles that apply to Dean Smith, most of which will probably be brought up in the coming days.

UNC basketball legend Dean Smith touched lives of 12-year-olds, basketball icons alike

By Grace Raynor | February 9

He wasn’t ready.

Charlie Scott, Roy Williams and others remember Dean Smith for his humanitarian efforts off the court

By Aaron Dodson | February 9

These are the memories that especially stand out — yet they don’t involve comeback victories, his trademark four-corner offense or runs to a national ...