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Dean Smith

1931 - 2015

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Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball head coach. 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.[a] Smith had the ninth-highest winning percentage of any men's college basketball coach (77.6%). Smith's career total of 879 wins lasted until 2005 when Pat Summitt surpassed him with her 880th victory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Smith is the 29th most popular basketball player (up from 240th in 2019), the 2,696th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,349th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Dean Smith ranks 29 out of 1,757. Before him are Jerry West, Chris Mullin, Larry Bird, LeBron James, Arvydas Sabonis, and Nikola Jokić. After him are Mark Eaton, Oscar Robertson, Luka Dončić, Julius Erving, Uljana Semjonova, and Sergei Belov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dean Smith ranks 126. Before him are Viliam Schrojf, Yao Wenyuan, Ole-Johan Dahl, Augusto Boal, Ermanno Olmi, and Masaaki Hatsumi. After him are Barbara Eden, Márta Mészáros, Gunnel Lindblom, Antonella Lualdi, Mwai Kibaki, and Lucian Mureșan. Among people deceased in 2015, Dean Smith ranks 106. Before him are Gerry Byrne, Yaşar Kemal, Jaakko Hintikka, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Omar Karami, and Arsen Dedić. After him are Eldar Ryazanov, Philippe Honoré, Jenő Buzánszky, Kemal Monteno, Jacob Bekenstein, and Ieng Thirith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 2,696 out of 20,380. Before him are John Schneider (1960), Harry Connick Jr. (1967), William Petersen (1953), Cus D'Amato (1908), Paul Desmond (1924), and J. Allen Hynek (1910). After him are Chazz Palminteri (1952), Stella Adler (1901), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), Nicholas Murray Butler (1862), and Paris Hilton (1981).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Dean Smith ranks 20. Before him are Kevin McHale (1957), Dennis Rodman (1961), Jerry West (1938), Chris Mullin (1963), Larry Bird (1956), and LeBron James (1984). After him are Mark Eaton (1957), Oscar Robertson (1938), Julius Erving (1950), Bob Lanier (1948), Pat Riley (1945), and Jamaal Wilkes (1953).

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