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Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas
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North Carolina coach Frank McGuire asked Smith to join his staff as an assistant coach
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assistant coach at Kansas
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his teams won three consecutive regular-season and ACC tournament championships, and went to three straight Final Fours
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new head coach to replace McGuire
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Smith lost to UCLA's John Wooden
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first national championship, team was composed of future NBA players such as Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins