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4 unusual facts about Dean Smith


Kevin Dearden

When manager Martin Ling and assistant Dean Smith left Leyton Orient by mutual consent on 18 January 2009 he was appointed as assistant to Kevin Nugent Caretaker Manager for the home match against Southend United on 20 January.

Mickey Shuler

He was a multi-sport star at East Pennsboro High School in Enola, Pennsylvania where he was also recruited by legendary college basketball coaches Dean Smith and Bobby Knight.

Western Australian Young Liberals

The Current Vice-Patrons of the Movement are Sen. Dean Smith as the Federal Vice Patron and Tony Kristecevic as the State Vice Patron and Jonathan Daventry as the Organisational Vice Patron

William Brantley Aycock

Aycock is a cousin of North Carolina Governor Charles Brantley Aycock and is best known to sports fans as the man who hired legendary basketball coach Dean Smith.


Billy Donovan

He is one of only four men (Dean Smith, Joe B. Hall and Bobby Knight being the others) to appear in the NCAA Final Four as a player and win the NCAA national championship as a coach.

Kim Mulkey

This made her the first woman to have won NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and a head coach, and only the fourth person (after Joe B. Hall, Bob Knight and Dean Smith).


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