Dean Smith By rayla2 Feb 28, 1931 Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas Period: Feb 28, 1931 to Dec 3, 2010 Life span http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Smith Dec 2, 1953 North Carolina coach Frank McGuire asked Smith to join his staff as an assistant coach Jun 29, 1954 assistant coach at Kansas Aug 4, 1960 his teams won three consecutive regular-season and ACC tournament championships, and went to three straight Final Fours Aug 6, 1961 new head coach to replace McGuire Jun 1, 1968 Smith lost to UCLA's John Wooden Aug 21, 1982 first national championship, team was composed of future NBA players such as Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins
